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meadow fescue

noun

  1. a European fescue, Festuca pratensis, of the grass family, grown for pasture in North America.


meadow fescue

noun

  1. an erect Eurasian perennial grass, Festuca pratensis, with lustrous leaves and stem bases surrounded by dark brown sheaths
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of meadow fescue1

First recorded in 1785–95
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Example Sentences

The grass has been made by combining two plants that are widely grown by farmers for their livestock to eat - perennial ryegrass and meadow fescue.

In much of Kansas meadow fescue would answer the purpose, northward brome grass would probably answer, and in some places timothy.

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