hay meadow

collocation in English

meaningsofhayandmeadow

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hay
noun[U]
uk
/heɪ/us
/heɪ/
grass that is cut and dried and used as ...
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meadow
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈmed.əʊ/us
/ˈmed.oʊ/
a field with grass and often wild flowers ...
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(Definition ofhayandmeadowfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The results of two different methods of determining the effects of ruminant digestion onhaymeadowplant seed are presented here.
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Dispersal of traditionally managedhaymeadowplants would suggest that animals often ingested very large quantities of seeds.
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In general, we can conclude that the seeds of thehaymeadowplants tested are capable of remaining viable when stored for a relatively short time in manure heaps.
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No one could object to walking over ordinary pasture land or through a pleasanthaymeadow.
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Habitats on the site include chalk stream, tall fen,haymeadowand wet pasture.
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They would also have had a share ofhaymeadowand common pasture.
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It appears to have been ahaymeadowin the past which is now reverting to rough grassland and scrub.
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It was utilized historically as ahaymeadow, which allowed it to survive in its relatively pristine state.
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These meadows are very important as it is an ancienthaymeadowcomprising species-rich grassland which has not been affected by agricultural improvement.
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In addition, each household traditionally has strips of arable land and damphaymeadowin the valley bottom and larger parcels of hay meadow further up the valley.
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Management strategies for a perennial grain cropping system may depend more on ecological principles governing natural ecosystems, hay meadows, and rangeland than those governing an annual grain crop.
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I have been associated with the campaign to preserve hedgerows, but other issues concern me, such as the loss of old pasture and hay meadows.
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There are still some hay meadows, but more often the grass is cut for silage.
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I have sought to maintain a premium payment for hay meadows, now set at £125 per hectare, while increasing the payment for pastures to £90 per hectare.
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Traditionally, most were permanent pasture and upland hay meadows.
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We also provide payments to farmers under agri-environment schemes for positive management and in some cases restoration or recreation of hay meadows.
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It also ensures that wild flowers in hay meadows can seed before the hay crop is cut.
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It was pointed out in an earlier debate that hay meadows can be pleasant to walk through.
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But, in the same 40 years, immense damage has been done to very many habitats in the country—marshes, chalk downs, hedges, ancient woodlands, hay meadows.
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It has a great variety of habitats, including damp hay meadows, sedge fen, reedbed, scrub and wet woodland.
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