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PRONUNCIATION OF MEADOW FESCUE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MEADOW FESCUE

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WHAT DOES MEADOW FESCUE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

meadow fescue

Festuca pratensis

Festuca pratensis, the meadow fescue, ( syn. Bromus pratensis (Huds.) Spreng., Bucetum pratense (Huds.) Parn., Festuca fluitans L. var. pratensis (Huds.) Huds., Festuca elatior L. subsp. pratensis (Huds.) Hack., Lolium pratense (Huds.) Darbysh., Tragus pratensis (Huds.) Panz. ex B.D.Jacks., and Schedonorus pratensis (Huds.) P.Beauv.) is a perennial species of grass, which is often used as an ornamental grass in gardens, and is also an important forage crop. It grows in meadows, roadsides, old pastures, and riversides on moist, rich soils, especially on loamy and heavy soils. It is a tall, tufted grass similar to tall fescue Festuca arundinacea. Tall fescue differs by having minute hairs on the auricles. It can hybridise with Lolium perenne and Lolium multiflorum.

Definition of meadow fescue in the English dictionary

The definition of meadow fescue in the dictionary is an erect Eurasian perennial grass, Festuca pratensis, with lustrous leaves and stem bases surrounded by dark brown sheaths.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE MEADOW FESCUE

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Synonyms and antonyms of meadow fescue in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «meadow fescue» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

草地羊茅
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

festuca prado
570 millions of speakers

English

meadow fescue
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

घास का मैदान हुक्म
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

العكرش مرج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

овсяница луговая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

festuca prado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঘোড়া fescue
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fétuque des prés
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Padang rumput fescue
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wiesenschwingel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

メドウフェスク
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

초원 김의 털
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Meadow fescue
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

đồng cỏ cây roi nhỏ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புல்வெளியில் ஃபெஸ்கியூ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कुरण शिक्षकांच्या हातात असलेली निदर्शक काठी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Çayır fescue
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

festuca prato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Kostrzewa łąkowa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

костриця лучна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Păiuș lunca
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φεστούκα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

weide langswenkgras
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ängssvingel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

enga svingel
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MEADOW FESCUE»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MEADOW FESCUE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about meadow fescue

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MEADOW FESCUE»

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Farmers' Bulletin
Orchard grass and meadow fescue are better suited for sowing with alfalfa than is timothy, as they mature more nearly with it. In the northern Great Plains region, northwestern Missouri and western Iowa, smooth brome-grass gives fairly good ...
‎1934
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Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses
breeding meadow fescue are total dry matter yield and distribution of yield in the season, dry matter digestibility, winter survival and persistency, and disease resistance. A major disease in meadow fescue, which may reduce yield and quality ...
Beat Boller, Ulrich K. Posselt, Fabio Veronesi, 2010
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Turfgrass Biology, Genetics, and Breeding
Originally, some confusion developed about the classification of tall fescue and meadow fescue pertaining to whether they were separate species. In 1771 the German botanist Schreber described tall fescue as being more robust than ...
Michael D. Casler, Ronny R. Duncan, 2003
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Cultural Practices to Improve the Establishment, ...
The low mowing height significantly decreased green turfgrass coverage of meadow fescue and tetraploid ryegrass regardless of N rate, compared to the higher mowing heights (Fig. 27). Though higher N rates increased turfgrass coverage, ...
Joshua Alan Summerford, 2008
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International Turf Management
Leaf texture—blade width Mowing height Heat tolerance Fertiliser requirement Kikuyugrass Low Kikuyugrass Zoysiagrass Centipede Bermudagrass Perennial rye St. Augustine Meadow fescue Centipede Zoysiagrass Meadow fescue Tall ...
David Aldous, 2014
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Genetics, Genomics and Breeding of Forage Crops
5.1.2 Academic and Economic Importance Meadow fescue (F. pratensis Huds.) is a forage grass species with high quality dry matter yields, good winter survival and is suitable both for frequentcutting conservation regimes and grazing (Casler  ...
Hongwei Cai, Toshihiko Yamada, Chittaranjan Kole, 2013
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Tall Fescue for the Twenty-first Century
Two of the three Festuca species (tall fescue and meadow fescue, now classified as Lolium species, as described in Chapter 2, Craven et al., 2009, this publication) were grouped together while the third species, F. rubra, was grouped with ...
H. A. Fribourg, D. B. Hannaway, Charles Patrick West, 2009
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The Domestic Encyclopedia: Or, A Dictionary of Facts and ...
Sweet-scented vernal ; meadow fox-tail ; smooth-stalked meadow ; rough-stalked meadow : meadow fescue -. crested dog's-tail. At present, in England, the following are considered as the best natural grasses, viz. Meadow fox-tail, alnpew- rns ...
Anthony Florian Madinger Willich, Thomas Cooper, 1821
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Molecular Breeding of Forage and Turf: The Proceedings of ...
Finally, analysis of cpDNA revealed a clear discrimination between the Hidden Valley Farms meadow fescue plants and the control tall fescue plants, in the presence of a guanine unit at position 395 of the trnL intron (Table 2). There were two ...
Toshihiko Yamada, German Spangenberg, 2010
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The farmer's companion: or, Essays on the principles and ...
Marl or cow-grass, 5 lbs. ; trefoil, 5 lbs. ; crested dog's-tail grass, 10 lbs. ; meadow fescue-grass, one bushel ; meadow foxtail grass, one bushel. And when the three last cannot be procured, meadow soft-grass, two bushels ; meadow cat's-tail, ...
Jesse Buel, 1839

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MEADOW FESCUE»

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Schultzes change path to custom-raising heifers
At Homestead Heifers, old hayfields have been converted to permanent pastures by inter-seeding meadow fescue and ladino clover in wetter ... «Agri-View, Jul 15»
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Science of grass: Graziers take active approach to pasture …
Mahalko planted seed, which includes meadow fescue, red and white clover, and other high-sugar grasses and legumes. The mix was planted ... «Eau Claire Country Today, Jul 15»
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A natural turbo boost for newly cleared land
The mixtures were various combinations of grasses (timothy, meadow fescue, bromegrass, reed canary grass and orchard grass) and the ... «Farm Focus, Jun 15»
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5 Tips for Feeding Easy Keepers
... Kentucky bluegrass) are harder to eat through a muzzle than the more upright grasses like meadow fescue and reed canarygrass,” Siciliano ... «TheHorse.com, Oct 14»
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Effectiveness of grazing muzzles explored in US study
Four species of perennial cool-season grasses were grazed in 2012 including Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.), meadow fescue ... «Horsetalk, Oct 14»
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How Do Muzzles Impact Horses' Grass Selection and Intake?
In 2012 the horses showed a preference for meadow fescue and a disinterest in reed canarygrass—they consumed this grass least regardless ... «TheHorse.com, Oct 14»
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Fall alfalfa management can make or break survival
If a stand is thin, growers can seed tall fescue o meadow fescue into it late summer, early August is best for doing so. If a stand has more than ... «Agri-View, Sep 14»
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Energizing, optimizing alfalfa stands
... 10 pounds of alfalfa, Undersander recommended four pounds of orchardgrass or 6 pounds of tall fescue or 6 pounds of meadow fescue. «Wisfarmer, Jun 14»
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Olsons hosting Family Farm Day on June 14
Meadow fescue is the main grass in the pasture. They also have ryegrass and festolium. He no-tills pastures on a 3- or 4-year rotation, seeding ... «Agri-View, May 14»
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USDA, farmer team up to successfully create forage grass
Intrigued by Pitts' success with festulolium, a ryegrass with a small number of meadow fescue genes, Casler bred the grass with festulolium ... «Agri News, May 14»

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