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• Timothy-grass — Habitus, ssp. pratense Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

• Timothy grass — Timothy Tim o*thy, n., or Timothy grass Tim o*thy grass [From Timothy Hanson, who carried the seed from New England to Maryland about 1720.] (Bot.) A kind of grass ({Phleum pratense}) with long cylindrical spikes; called also {herd s grass}, in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Timothy Grass —    The spiked head grass dried for fodder that is most widely cultivated in North America was, at one time, called meadow cat s tail grass. Grown in Europe with the technical name Phleum pratense, the species was brought to America by New England …   Dictionary of eponyms

• timothy-grass — n. Cat s tail, cat s tail grass, meadow cat s tail grass, herdsgrass (Phleum pretense) …   New dictionary of synonyms

• timothy grass — noun see timothy …   Useful english dictionary

• Timothy — Tim o*thy, n., or Timothy grass Tim o*thy grass [From Timothy Hanson, who carried the seed from New England to Maryland about 1720.] (Bot.) A kind of grass ({Phleum pratense}) with long cylindrical spikes; called also {herd s grass}, in England,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Timothy (disambiguation) — Timothy was a first century Christian saint.Timothy may also refer to:*Timothy (name), a common male given name *First Epistle to Timothy, a book of the Bible attributed to Saint Paul *Second Epistle to Timothy, a book of the Bible attributed to… …   Wikipedia

• Timothy — masc. proper name, from Fr. Timothée, from L. Timotheus, from Gk. Timotheos, lit. honoring God, from time honor, respect + theos god. With lower case t , first recorded 1747 as short for timothy grass (1736), American English name for meadow cat… …   Etymology dictionary

• timothy — /tim euh thee/, n., pl. timothies. a coarse grass, Phleum pratense, having cylindrical spikes, used as fodder. Also, timothy grass. [1730 40; named after Timothy Hanson, American farmer who cultivated it in the early 18th century] * * * I… …   Universalium

• GRASS — Abbreviation for gradient recalled acquisition in the steady state. * * * gradient recalled acquisition in a steady state * * * grass gras n MARIJUANA * * * (gras) any plant of the family Gramineae; many are commonly used as fodder for cattle and …   Medical dictionary

• timothy — I. /ˈtɪməθi/ (say timuhthee) noun a coarse grass, Phleum pratense, with cylindrical spikes, valuable as fodder. Also, timothy grass. {named after Timothy Hanson, US farmer who first cultivated it in the early 18th century} II. /ˈtɪməθi/ (say… …