ˈcow-grass
A wild species of Trefoil, Trifolium medium; sometimes also applied to a cultivated perennial form of Red Clover.
| 1789 Trans. Soc. Arts II. 57 Rib-grass, fitch-grass, cow-grass. 1797 A. Young Agric. Suffolk 84 A grass called cow-grass..very similar to clover, only that the stem is solid instead of tubical. 1844 Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. V. i. 166 Cow-grass and marl-grass are found to be good substitutes. |