midge grass
English
Noun
midge grass (uncountable)
- Holcus lanatus; velvetgrass
- 1894, “Charæas graminis in Southern Scotland”, in The Entomologist, volume 27, page 280:
- The species of grass and other plants that are most affected are […] midge grass (Holcus lanatus) […]
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Synonyms
- Yorkshire fog
References
- Wright, Joseph (1903) The English Dialect Dictionary, volume 4, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 105