Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A second growth of grass in a mown field, or grass growing among the stubble after harvest.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The grass that grows after the first crop has been mown; aftermath.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The grass that grows after the first crop has been mown; aftermath.

Etymologies

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after +‎ grass

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Examples

  • Down on the river flat the hay had been cut and gathered into two stacks, which stood beside the stable, and the two Watson cows now fattened on the rich growth of aftergrass.

    The Second Chance 1910

  • Down on the river flat the hay had been cut and gathered into two stacks, which stood beside the stable, and the two Watson cows now fattened on the rich growth of aftergrass.

    The Second Chance Nellie L. McClung 1912

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