bluegrass.
Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis).
Meaning & usage
Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis).
Where this word comes from
From blue + grass, from the bluish appearance of the massed grass in late Spring.
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; using a bass fiddle to carry its rhythm.
Where this word comes from
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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