tall fescue

noun

Festuca arundinacea, a species of bunchgrass native to Europe.

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Meanings

nountall fescue (countable and uncountable, plural tall fescues)

plural tall fescues

  1. countableuncountableFestuca arundinacea, a species of bunchgrass native to Europe.

    […] tall fescues began their migration toward popularity. Finer textured and denser than their predecessors, turf-type tall fescues offer great year-round color.

    2007, Paul Boardway Tukey, The Organic Lawn Care Manual: A Natural, Low-maintenance ..., page 56
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    […] tall fescues. Tasmania Continental tall fescues are suited to zones with higher rainfall in northern, western, and southern Tasmania (Fig. 7–9), or under irrigation in the central districts.

    2009, Henry A. Fribourg, D. B. Hannaway, Charles Patrick West, Tall Fescue for the Twenty-first Century, page 114
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