timothy

See also: Timothy

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timothy-grass

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Phleum

Alternative forms

• Timothy

Etymology

Named after Timothy Hanson, who carried the seed from New England to Maryland about 1720.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪməθi/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪməθi
• Hyphenation: tim‧o‧thy

Noun

timothy (usually uncountable, plural timothies)

1. Phleum pratense, timothy-grass, native to Europe, but introduced widely and naturalized in US.
2. Phleum alpinum, mountain timothy, native to North America.
3. Other species of genus Phleum.

Synonyms

• catstail
• timothy-grass, Timothy-grass
• timothy grass, Timothy grass

Derived terms

• alpine timothy
• mountain timothy (Phleum alpinum)
• timothy-grass (herd's-grass) (Phleum pratense)
• timothy hay

Translations

grass of genus Phleum

Belarusian: цімафе́еўка f (cimafjéjewka) Catalan: cua de rata (ca) f Czech: bojínek m Danish: engrottehale c Dutch: doddegras n Faroese: timotey n Finnish: timotei (fi), nurmitähkiö (fi) French: fléole (fr) f, phléole (fr) f German: Lieschgras (de) n Irish: tiomóid f Italian: fleo (it) m, fleolo m Norman: coue f Norwegian: Bokmål: timotei m Nynorsk: timotei m Polish: tymotka f Romanian: timoftică (ro) f Romansch: flieula f Russian: тимофе́евка (ru) f (timoféjevka) Spanish: fleo (es) m Turkish: çayır otu (tr) Ukrainian: тимофі́ївка f (tymofíjivka) Welsh: rhonwellt m