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ESTABLISH STAND GRASS [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forage Crops
DEF

to cover with grass (it is easier but more expensive to grass a lawn with turfs); esp: to seed to grass (decided to grass the north 40 that year) ...

OBS

often used with down (grassed down the newly cleared land with rye grass and white clover).

OBS

The following were also documented: "to seed down to grass", "to plant grasses", "to seed to grass", "to seed grasses", "to establish a stand of grass", "to sow grasses", "to put down to grass".

Key term(s)
  • seed down to grass
  • seed to grass
  • establish a stand of grass
  • put down to grass

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des plantes fourragères
Key term(s)
  • coucher en herbe

Spanish

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