kentucky : Idioms & Phrases


capital of kentucky

  • noun the capital of Kentucky; located in northern Kentucky
    Frankfort.
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kentucky black bass

  • noun a variety of black bass
    spotted black bass; Micropterus pseudoplites.
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kentucky blue

  • noun valuable meadow and pasture grass in Europe and especially central United States having tall stalks and slender bright green leaves; a chief constituent in lawn grass mixtures
    Poa pratensis; Kentucy blue grass; Kentucky blue; June grass.
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Kentucky blue grass

  • (Bot.), a valuable pasture and meadow grass (Poa pratensis), found in both Europe and America. See under Blue grass.
Webster 1913

kentucky bluegrass

  • noun valuable meadow and pasture grass in Europe and especially central United States having tall stalks and slender bright green leaves; a chief constituent in lawn grass mixtures
    Poa pratensis; Kentucy blue grass; Kentucky blue; June grass.
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Kentucky coffee tree

  • noun handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute
    bonduc; chicot; Gymnocladus dioica.
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  • (Bot.), a tall North American tree (Gymnocladus Canadensis) with bipinnate leaves. It produces large woody pods containing a few seeds which have been used as a substitute for coffee. The timber is a very valuable.
Webster 1913

kentucky derby

  • noun an annual race for three-year-old horses; held at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky
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kentucky wonder

  • noun flat-podded green bean
    Kentucky wonder.
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kentucky wonder bean

  • noun flat-podded green bean
    Kentucky wonder.
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kentucky yellowwood

  • noun small handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having showy white flowers in terminal clusters and heavy hardwood yielding yellow dye
    Cladrastis lutea; Cladrastis kentukea; gopherwood.
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