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Webster 1913 Edition


Timothy grass

{

Tim′o-thy

,
Noun.
, or

Tim′o-thy grassˊ

}
.
[From
Timothy
Hanson, who carried the seed from New England to Maryland about 1720.]
(Bot.)
A kind of grass (
Phleum pratense
) with long cylindrical spikes; – called also
herd’s grass
, in England,
cat's-tail grass
, and
meadow cat's-tail grass
. It is much prized for fodder. See Illustration in Appendix.