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bluegrass

noun — 2 senses

bluegrass

noun

Etymology From blue + grass, from the bluish appearance of the massed grass in late Spring.

1

Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis).

Derived terms
annual bluegrass, Australian bluegrass, big bluegrass, bulbous bluegrass, California bluegrass, Canada bluegrass, English bluegrass, fowl bluegrass, Kentucky bluegrass, Merion bluegrass, mutton bluegrass, Nevada bluegrass, rough bluegrass, rough-stalked bluegrass, Sandberg bluegrass, Sandberg's bluegrass, Shenendoah bluegrass, Texas bluegrass, Wheeler's bluegrass, wood bluegrass

bluegrass

noun

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.

1

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music 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.

Derived terms
bluegrasser, bluegrass gospel, bluegrass jazz, bluegrass-jazz, bluegrass-like, bluegrassy, newgrass, progressive bluegrass, thrashgrass
Related terms
high lonesome sound

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.