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Webster 1913 Edition


Kentucky

Ken-tuck′y

,
p
rop.
Noun.
One of the United States.
Kentucky blue grass
(Bot.)
,
a valuable pasture and meadow grass (
Poa pratensis
), found in both Europe and America. See under
Blue grass
.
–
Kentucky coffee tree
(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 very valuable.