fescue

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Thân thiện

A farmer checks the fescue in a pasture for grazing cattle.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A type of grass: "fescue" refers to any of various grasses of the genus Festuca, characterized by narrow, often wiry leaves. These grasses are widely cultivated for use in pastures, for hay, and particularly in lawns due to their hardiness and low maintenance requirements.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The farmer planted a field of fescue for grazing cattle.
  • Many homeowners choose a fine fescue blend for their lawns because it is drought-tolerant.
  • The meadow was covered in tall fescue, swaying in the wind.

Advanced Usage

• "Chewings fescue": A specific, fine-leaved variety of fescue grass ( subsp. ) commonly used in turf mixtures for shady areas.
  • The golf course overseeded with Chewings fescue to improve the fairways.
• "Sheep's fescue": A low-growing, tufted species () often found in poor soils and used in ecological restoration.
  • Sheep's fescue is ideal for stabilizing soil on that dry hillside.

Variants and Related Words

• Fescue grass (n phrase): The full common name for plants of the genus .
  • Fescue grass is a popular choice for cool-season lawns.
• Festuca (n): The Latin botanical genus name for fescue.
  • The genus Festuca includes hundreds of species.

Synonyms

• Pasture grass: A general term for grasses grown for animal grazing.
• Turf grass: Grass used to create a lawn or turf.

Related Phrases

• Tall fescue (n phrase): A robust, coarse-textured species () used for pasture and durable lawns.
  • Tall fescue is known for its deep root system.
• Fine fescue (n phrase): A group of finer-leaved fescue species (e.g., creeping red fescue, hard fescue) often used in shade-tolerant lawn mixes.
  • The fine fescues in this mix require less fertilizer.

Học thuật

Noun

1. grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns

Từ đồng nghĩa

• fescue grass
• meadow fescue
• Festuca elatior