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US
/ˈfɛsˌkju/
]
[ UK /fˈɛskjuː/ ]
[ UK /fˈɛskjuː/ ]
NOUN
- grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns
How To Use fescue In A Sentence
- No wind, morning light, blue fescue and gaillardia ‘Goblin’ complete the scene. Movement « Fairegarden
- In cold climates, you could substitute a trio of birches for the tree aloes and underplant them with blue fescue.
- Through the controlled burn, native seeds will have the chance to meet a bare ground that is no longer covered with species such as fescue and lespedeza, and dense thatch. TradingMarkets
- The current expectation for spring growth is the fescue and lespedeza will take an early lead in the battle of the grasses, in which case TLC will be ready to fight back with herbicide. TradingMarkets
- Then shade-tolerant turfgrasses, such as Kentucky bluegrass or hard fescue, can hold their own.
- In the 1970s, researchers discovered an endophyte in fescue that caused a disease called fescue toxicosis. TheHorse.com News
- Here in the north most of our lawns are a blend of fescues, perennial ryes, and Kentucky Blue Grass.
- Species found in the meadows include great burnet, meadow foxtail, red fescue, meadow saffron, narrow-leaved water-dropwort, mousetail, and the unusual small-flowered winter-cress on bare banks of the Severn.
- The standing sward of rye, clovers, and fescues is increasingly varied with herbs like dock and comfrey, which help pull nutrients up from the subsoil.
- Avoid any mixture containing bentgrass or tall fescue or more than 15 percent ryegrass.