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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass;
[syn: orchard grass, cocksfoot, cockspur, Dactylis glomerata]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Orchard \Or"chard\, n. [AS. ortgeard, wyrtgeard, lit., wortyard, i. e., a yard for herbs; wyrt herb + geard yard. See Wort, Yard inclosure.] 1. A garden. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. An inclosure containing fruit trees; also, the fruit trees, collectively; -- used especially of apples, peaches, pears, cherries, plums, or the like, less frequently of nutbearing trees and of sugar maple trees. [1913 Webster] Orchard grass (Bot.), a tall coarse grass (Dactylis glomerata), introduced into the United States from Europe. It grows usually in shady places, and is of value for forage and hay. Orchard house (Hort.), a glazed structure in which fruit trees are reared in pots. Orchard oriole (Zool.), a bright-colored American oriole (Icterus spurius), which frequents orchards. It is smaller and darker thah the Baltimore oriole. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

orchard grass n 1: widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass [syn: orchard grass, cocksfoot, cockspur, Dactylis glomerata]