FESTUCA

Meaning of FESTUCA in English

/fe stooh"keuh, -styooh"-/ , n.

any grass of the genus Festuca, chiefly characterized by tufted blades and spikelets, comprising the fescues.

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FESTUCA — feˈst(y)ükə, fə̇ˈ- noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, stalk, straw, rod for touching slaves in manumission; probably akin …
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TALL FESCUE — noun Date: circa 1762 a European fescue ( Festuca elatior syn. F. arundinacea ) with erect smooth stems three to …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SHEEP FESCUE — noun Date: 1945 a hardy fine-foliaged fescue ( Festuca ovina ) widely used as a pasture grass
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RED FESCUE — noun Date: 1900 a perennial pasture and turf fescue ( Festuca rubra ) of Eurasia and North America that has …
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MEADOW FESCUE — noun Date: 1794 a tall vigorous broad-leaved European fescue grass ( Festuca pratensis ) cultivated for forage and hay
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FESCUE — noun Etymology: Middle English festu stalk, straw, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin festucum, from Latin festuca Date: 1589 a small …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FESCUE — Any of about 100 species of grasses that make up the genus Festuca (family Poaceae, or Gramineae), native to temperate …
Английский словарь Британика
FESCUE — I. ˈfe(ˌ)skyü noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English festu, from Middle French, from Vulgar Latin festucum, from Latin festuca …
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ZACATON — ˈzakəˌtōn, ˈsa- noun ( -s ) Etymology: American Spanish zacatón — more at sacaton : any of several grasses with …
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SUITER'S GRASS — ˈsüd.ə(r)z- noun Usage: usually capitalized S Etymology: probably from the proper name Suiter : a reed fescue ( Festuca elatior …
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SILVER GRASS — noun : any of several grasses or grasslike plants having silvery pubescence: as a. : ribbon grass b. : a …
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SHEEP FESCUE — noun or sheep's fescue : a hardy European perennial fescue grass ( Festuca ovina ) that is widely cultivated for …
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REED FESCUE — noun : a tall robust fescue that is usually considered a variety ( Festuca elatior arundinacea ) of meadow fescue
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RED FESCUE — noun : a perennial pasture and turf grass ( Festuca rubra ) of Europe and America with creeping rootstocks, erect …
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RATTAIL FESCUE — noun : a slender European grass ( Festuca myuros ) naturalized as a weed in the eastern United States
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MOUNTAIN BUNCH GRASS — noun : a forage grass ( Festuca viridula ) of the western United States
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MELICA — ˈmelə̇kə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Italian melica, meliga sorghum, modification (influenced by Latin mel honey) of Medieval …
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MEADOW FESCUE — noun : a tall vigorous perennial European fescue grass ( Festuca elatior ) with broad flat leaves widely cultivated in …
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IDAHO FESCUE — noun Usage: usually capitalized I : a tall meadow grass ( Festuca idahoensis ) of central and western No. America …
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HARD TUSSOCK — noun : a fescue ( Festuca novae-zealandiae ) common in New Zealand as a forage grass
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HARD FESCUE — noun : a European fescue ( Festuca ovina duriuscula ) that is a variety of sheep fescue and is sometimes …
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FESTUCINE — ˈfest(y)əˌsīn, -sēn adjective Etymology: Latin festuca stalk, straw + English -ine : of the color straw yellow
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FESCUE FOOT — noun : a disease of the feet of cattle resembling ergotism but considered due to feeding on certain grasses of …
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FESCUE — /fes"kyooh/ , n. 1. Also called fescue grass . any grass of the genus Festuca, some species of which are …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FESCUE — noun Etymology: Middle English festu stalk, straw, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin festucum, from Latin festuca Date: 1589 1. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FESCUE — [ 'fɛskju: ] ■ noun a narrow-leaved grass, some kinds of which are valuable for pasture and fodder. [Genera Festuca …
Concise Oxford English vocab
FESCUE — [fes.cue] n [ME festu stalk, straw, fr. MF, fr. LL festucum, fr. L festuca] (1513) 1: a small pointer (as …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FESCUE — n. any grass of the genus Festuca, valuable for pasture and fodder. [ME festu(e) f. OF festu ult. f. L …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FESCUE — n. any grass of the genus Festuca, valuable for pasture and fodder. [ ME festu(e) f. OF festu ult. f. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FESCUE — n. any grass of the genus Festuca, valuable for pasture and fodder. Etymology: ME festu(e) f. OF festu ult. f. …
Oxford English vocab
ОВСЯНИЦА ЛУГОВАЯ — 1) (Festuca pratensis) meadow fescue 2) (Festuca pratensis) meadow fescue grass 3) бот. (Festuca pratense) randall
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