meadow fescue
a European fescue, Festuca pratensis, of the grass family, grown for pasture in North America.
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meadow fescue is one of the most common of the fescue grasses, and is said to be the Randall grass of Virginia.
Cattle and Their Diseases | Robert Jenningsmeadow fescue (Festuca pratensis, fig. 20) may be taken as the type of the broad-leaved fescues.
Science and Practice in Farm Cultivation | James BuckmanIn much of Kansas meadow fescue would answer the purpose, northward brome grass would probably answer, and in some places timothy.
Clovers and How to Grow Them | Thomas Shaw
British Dictionary definitions for meadow fescue
an erect Eurasian perennial grass, Festuca pratensis, with lustrous leaves and stem bases surrounded by dark brown sheaths
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