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tall fescue

tall fescue noun: festuca arundinacea, a species of bunchgrass native to Europe.

tall fescue: festuca arundinacea, a species of bunchgrass native to Europe
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Noun

tall fescue (countable and uncountable, plural tall fescues)

  1. Festuca 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
    • […] 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

Forms of tall fescue

pluraltall fescues

Questions about tall fescue

What does tall fescue mean?
Tall fescue means festuca arundinacea, a species of bunchgrass native to Europe.
What part of speech is tall fescue?
Tall fescue is a noun.
What is the plural of tall fescue?
The plural of tall fescue is tall fescues.

Words near tall fescue in the dictionary

  1. tall bluestems
  2. tall drink
  3. tall drink of water
  4. tall drinks
  5. tall drinks of water
  6. tall fescue
  7. tall fescues
  8. tall glass of water
  9. tall glasses of water
  10. tall in the saddle
  11. tall man

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