牧草|ぼくそうbokusou[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounpasture; grass
   ある暑あつい夏なつの午後ごご、ジョンとダンヌは長ながくなった牧草ぼくそうを刈かっていました。↗

   One hot summer afternoon, John and Dan were cutting the long grass.

• Synonym馬草まぐさNeutralGrass or hay for cattle and horses; old-fashioned and not often used — 「牧草」 is the modern, everyday term.
• Synonym飼い葉かいばNeutralHay or straw fed to cattle and horses; stresses the feed given at feeding time, while 「牧草」 stresses grass grown as feed.
• Related草藁くさわらNeutralGrass and straw taken together as feed for horses and other livestock; a rarer word. 「牧草」 refers only to the grass itself grown for feed.
• Related馬糧ばりょうWrittenFeed for horses only, and written/formal in register. 「牧草」 is the grass itself that cattle and horses eat.

Use 「牧草」 for grass grown for livestock, as in 「牧草地」. For hay fed to cattle and horses, say 「飼い葉」 or 「馬草」; for horse feed, 「馬糧」.

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1. 牛うしや馬うまなどの家畜かちくの飼料しりょうとするための草くさ。