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Kentucky noun. L18.
[See below.]
Used attrib. to designate things from or associated with the State of Kentucky in the south-eastern US.
Kentucky bluegrass the grass Poa pratensis, grown for fodder in the central US. Kentucky coffee tree a N. American leguminous tree, Gymnocladus dioicus, the seeds of which can be used as a substitute for coffee. Kentucky Derby a horse-race for three-year-olds run annually at Louisville in Kentucky. Kentucky rifle a long-barrelled muzzle-loading flintlock rifle. Kentucky warbler an olive-green and yellow warbler, Geothlypsis formosa, of the eastern US.