noun
cultivated for sheep pasturage in upland regions or used as a lawn grass
• Syn: ↑sheep's fescue, ↑Festuca ovina
• Hypernyms: ↑grass
• Member Holonyms: ↑Festuca, ↑genus Festuca
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noun or sheep's fescue : a hardy European perennial fescue grass (Festuca ovina) that is widely cultivated for sheep pasturage in upland situations, is used as a lawn grass, and has densely tufted erect stems and very fine foliage
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a widely distributed grass, Festuca ovina, having densely clustered stems and cultivated for lawns and forage.
[1750-60]
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sheep fescue,
a low, tufted fescue grass with fine leaves and culms, native in many mountain regions, and forming the bulk of the sheep pasturage in the Scottish Highlands. Also, sheep's fescue.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.