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hay | American Dictionary

hay
noun[ U ]
us/heɪ/
tall grass that is cut, dried, and used as animal food or as covering material:
a bale of hay

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The field comprised a mosaic of conventionally-tilled and rye-mulched plots, surrounded by fields of maize, soybeans, alfalfa hay and mixed hardwood forest.
They were kept on straw and were fed hay twice daily.
Pollens in the atmosphere, representing allergens, become pervasive during the springtime and early summer and are known to cause hay fever.
The body's allergic response to hay fever pollen is an example.
They refused to feed their cattle baled hay for fear of disease.
Five bales from each site were split to obtain a random sample of c. 1 kg of hay from each bale for accurate weighing.
In comparison to the hay samples, the dung collected contained many fewer seeds of far fewer species.
People want to make hay while the sun shines!
Infestation was also reduced by burning waste hay over the rows of willow stocks during the dormant season.
He developed the ' hay value theory' to express the nutritive value of a feed in relation to a standard feed, viz. ' good meadow hay'.
These animals have been fed hay cut from the meadows the previous summer.
In addition to its role as food, cowpea hay is an important fodder for livestock.
Another piece of property, a hay field, was leased in fixed terms for a money rent of 16 soldi.
Horses were fed between 1.7 and 5.1 kg of feed a day and hay.
Its habit of breeding in hay infusions, etc., is common knowledge.
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