Meaning & use
Timothy
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A tall perennial grass with cylindrical flower spikes, widely grown as hay and pasture feed for livestock.
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The farmer cut the timothy in early summer to make winter hay.
Horses were grazing in a field thick with timothy and clover.
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Named after Timothy Hanson, an American farmer credited with promoting its cultivation in the early 18th century.
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timothy grass
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