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Webster 1913 Edition

(-t?pˊ)

Noun.

(Bot.)

A kind of grass (

Agrostis vulgaris

) highly valued in the United States for pasturage and hay for cattle; – called also

English grass

, and in some localities

herd’s grass

. See Illustration in Appendix. The tall redtop is

Triodia seslerioides

See also: red-top and red top

redtop ‎(countable and uncountable, plural redtops)

(uncountable) A kind of grass (Agrostis vulgaris) highly valued in the United States for pasturage and hay for cattle.
(countable) Species of the genus Agrostis, the bentgrasses.