bluegrass

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Scrabble points
12
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16
Letters
9

Definition of bluegrass

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis).
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis).
  2. (uncountable)A subgenre of country music with roots in Scots-Irish Appalachian folk music, blues, and jazz and characterized by banjos, fiddles, acoustic guitars, dobros, and mandolins; but containing no drums, electric guitars, pianos or other keyboard or wind instruments; using a bass fiddle to carry its rhythm.

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Etymology

From blue + grass, from the bluish appearance of the massed grass in late Spring.

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