Meadow

med′ō, n . a level tract producing gra to be mown down: a rich pasture-ground—( poet .) Mead .— ns . Mead′ow-fox′tail (see Foxtail ); Mead′ow-gra , the larger and more useful kinds of gra , grown in meadows for hay and pasture; Mead′ow-hay , a coarse gra or sedge growing in moist places, used as fodder or bedding; Mead′ow-lark , the American field-lark; Mead′ow-saff′ron , the colchicum—also Autumn-crocus , or Naked lady; Mead′ow-sweet , Mead′ow-wort , an ornamental shrub or plant with white flowers, called also Queen of the meadow.—adj . Mead′owy . [A.S. mǽd — máwan , to mow; Ger. mahd , a mowing, Swi matt , a meadow, as in Zer matt , .]