"bluegrass" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-bluegrass.ogg Forms: bluegrasses [plural]
Etymology: From blue + grass, from the bluish appearance of the massed grass in late Spring. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|blue|grass}} blue + grass Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bluegrass (countable and uncountable, plural bluegrasses)
  1. Kentucky bluegrass, Poa pratensis. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Kentucky, USA Categories (lifeform): Poeae tribe grasses Translations (type of grass): veldbeemgras [neuter] (Dutch), niittynurmikka (Finnish), pâturin des prés [masculine] (French), Wiesenrispengras [neuter] (German), ivigaq narsaviarmiu (Greenlandic), perje (Hungarian), pātītī taranui (Maori), tūtaekurī (Maori), tsinyaa tłʼoh (Navajo)
    Sense id: en-bluegrass-en-noun-N70GYkb0 Disambiguation of Kentucky, USA: 72 28 Disambiguation of Poeae tribe grasses: 67 33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greenlandic translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Navajo translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 61 39 Derived forms: annual bluegrass (taxonomic: Poa annua), Australian bluegrass (taxonomic: Andropogon sericeus), big bluegrass (taxonomic: Poa ampla), bulbous bluegrass (taxonomic: Poa bulbosa), California bluegrass (taxonomic: Poa fendleriana), Canada bluegrass (taxonomic: Poa compressa), English bluegrass (taxonomic: Poa compressa), fowl bluegrass (taxonomic: Poa palustris), Kentucky bluegrass (taxonomic: Poa pratensis), Merion bluegrass, mutton bluegrass (taxonomic: Poa fendleriana), Nevada bluegrass (taxonomic: Poa nevadensis), rough bluegrass (taxonomic: Poa trivialis), rough-stalked bluegrass (taxonomic: Poa trivialis), Sandberg bluegrass (taxonomic: Poa secunda), Shenendoah bluegrass (taxonomic: Poa pratensis), Texas bluegrass (taxonomic: Poa arachnifera), wood bluegrass (taxonomic: Poa nemoralis), Sandberg's bluegrass, Wheeler's bluegrass
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: en-us-bluegrass.ogg
Etymology: From the band Blue Grass Boys, led by Bill Monroe; bluegrass is first attested in print in reference to the genre of music in 1956. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} bluegrass (uncountable)
  1. (music, uncountable) A subgenre of country music with roots in Scots-Irish Appalachian folk music, blues, and jazz and characterized by banjos, fiddles, acoustic guitars, dobros, and mandolins; but containing no drums, electric guitars, pianos or other keyboard or wind instruments. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Music, Musical genres Derived forms: bluegrasser, bluegrass gospel, bluegrass jazz, bluegrass-jazz, bluegrass-like, bluegrassy, newgrass, progressive bluegrass, thrashgrass Related terms: high lonesome sound Translations (style of country music): bluegrass [masculine] (Dutch), bluegrass (Finnish), bluegrass [masculine] (French), ბლუგრასი (blugrasi) (Georgian), Bluegrass [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-bluegrass-en-noun-zLzOQJm9 Disambiguation of Musical genres: 22 78 Categories (other): English exocentric compounds, English karmadharaya compounds, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Georgian translations Disambiguation of English exocentric compounds: 44 56 Disambiguation of English karmadharaya compounds: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 43 57 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    },
    {
      "word": "bluegrass-like"
    },
    {
      "word": "bluegrassy"
    },
    {
      "word": "newgrass"
    },
    {
      "word": "progressive bluegrass"
    },
    {
      "word": "thrashgrass"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "From the band Blue Grass Boys, led by Bill Monroe; bluegrass is first attested in print in reference to the genre of music in 1956.",
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    {
      "word": "high lonesome sound"
    }
  ],
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      ],
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        "A subgenre of country music with roots in Scots-Irish Appalachian folk music, blues, and jazz and characterized by banjos, fiddles, acoustic guitars, dobros, and mandolins; but containing no drums, electric guitars, pianos or other keyboard or wind instruments."
      ],
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        ],
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        ],
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        ],
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        ],
        [
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        ],
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        ],
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        ]
      ],
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        "(music, uncountable) A subgenre of country music with roots in Scots-Irish Appalachian folk music, blues, and jazz and characterized by banjos, fiddles, acoustic guitars, dobros, and mandolins; but containing no drums, electric guitars, pianos or other keyboard or wind instruments."
      ],
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        "uncountable"
      ],
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        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "style of country music",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bluegrass"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "style of country music",
      "word": "bluegrass"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "style of country music",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bluegrass"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "blugrasi",
      "sense": "style of country music",
      "word": "ბლუგრასი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "style of country music",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Bluegrass"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Bill Monroe"
  ],
  "word": "bluegrass"
}

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