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) […]

Synonyms

Yorkshire fog

References

Wright, Joseph (1903) The English Dialect Dictionary‎, volume 4, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 105

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