fescue

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 In my area fescue is the predominant turf grass and it is a low fertility grass.

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  1. noun Any of various grasses of the genus Festuca, often cultivated as pasturage.

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  • Some of the hardiest plants include alpine fescue, a bunchgrass. —  Home
  • For the sake of expediency, the fescue was eventually cut back. —  ChicagoBusiness.com Breaking News
  • The fescue is more drought-tolerant, but lies flat unless planted with other grass seeds. —  StarTribune.com rss feed
  • "All cool-season lawn grasses such as Kentucky bluegrass, perennial ryegrass and tall fescue in Indiana and Illinois perform best at a mowing height of 3 inches or more." —  IndyStar.com Top Stories
  • Ice crackled in the frost-coated fescue and even the swift-flowing Bow froze solid. —  The Walrus Magazine
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  1. Alteration of Middle English festu, straw, from Old French, from Late Latin festūcum, from Latin festūca.

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  1. Formerly also fescu, feskue; a corruption of festue, q. v.
  2. from fescue, n.
 

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/ˈfɛskju/
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