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fescue
noun[ C or U ]
uk /ˈfes.kjuː/ us /ˈfes.kjuː/(alsofescue grass)
one of several kinds of grass suitable for animals such as cows and sheep to eat, and for lawns(= areas of short grass, especially near to a house or in a park):
The grass is a natural mixture of species such as fescues.
Along the edge of the golf course are dense fields of three-foot-high fescue.
The fescue grasses that cover these hills are grazed to a texture like velvet by the wild rabbits.
See also
tall fescue
They replaced native grasses with fescue, which was good for cattle.
The grass around the airfield is red fescue, which doesn't produce seed and thus doesn't attract birds.
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