meadow fescue

American  

noun

1. a European fescue, Festuca pratensis, of the grass family, grown for pasture in North America.

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meadow fescue British  

noun

1. an erect Eurasian perennial grass, Festuca pratensis, with lustrous leaves and stem bases surrounded by dark brown sheaths

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Etymology

Origin of meadow fescue

First recorded in 1785–95

Example Sentences

The grass has been made by combining two plants that are widely grown by farmers for their livestock to eat - perennial ryegrass and meadow fescue.

From Children's BBC

In much of Kansas meadow fescue would answer the purpose, northward brome grass would probably answer, and in some places timothy.

From Project Gutenberg