English Online Dictionary. What means timothy? What does timothy mean?
English
Wikispecies
Alternative forms
- Timothy
Etymology
Named after Timothy Hanson, who carried the seed from New England to Maryland about 1720.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɪməθi/
- Rhymes: -ɪməθi
- Hyphenation: tim‧o‧thy
Noun
timothy (usually uncountable, plural timothies)
- Phleum pratense, timothy-grass, native to Europe, but introduced widely and naturalized in US.
- Phleum alpinum, mountain timothy, native to North America.
- 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