Chewings fescue

[ choo-ingz ]

/ ˈtʃu ɪŋz /

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a hardy, fine-leaved variety of fescue, Festuca rubra commutata, grown in the U.S. and New Zealand as a lawn grass.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

1915–20; named after Charles Chewings (died 1937), Australian scientist

The reader is probably acquainted with the Fescue Grass, with its awned flowers arranged in one-sided panicles.
The Sea Shore|William S. Furneaux
Meadow Fescue is one of the most common of the fescue grasses, and is said to be the Randall grass of Virginia.
Cattle and Their Diseases|Robert Jennings
The fescue (Festuca ovina), a little fern (Woodsia), and a saussurea ascend very near the summit.
The Heart of Nature|Francis Younghusband
A larger form, the Hard Fescue (F. duriuscula), is common to sound meadows and the hill valleys.
Science and Practice in Farm Cultivation|James Buckman

Meadow Fescue (Festuca pratensis, fig. 20) may be taken as the type of the broad-leaved fescues.
Science and Practice in Farm Cultivation|James Buckman