Definitions for redtop

redtop red·top

Spelling: [red-top]
IPA: /ˈrɛdˌtɒp/

Redtop is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 141 anagrams from letters in redtop (deoprt).

Definitions for redtop

noun

  1. any of several grasses of the genus Agrostis having reddish panicles, as A. gigantea, widely cultivated for lawns and pasturage.

Origin of redtop

An Americanism dating back to 1785-95; red1 + top1

Examples for redtop

In the Southern states a good meadow or pasture can be made of orchard grass, red clover, and redtop.

redtop, clover, and timothy grow rank, and are profitably cultivated.

Timothy and redtop and witch-grass are the very children of olus.

In New England, timothy, red clover, and redtop are generally used for the mowing crop.

It was the stalks, above the upper joint, of spear-grass and redtop grass growing so profusely in Weathersfield.

Soils that produce sorrel and redtop when red clover and timothy are sown need drainage or liming or both.

Some other grasses may also be added under certain conditions, or substituted for timothy or redtop.

Word Value for redtop
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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