sheep's fescue

sheep's fescue

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a temperate perennial tufted grass, Festuca ovina, with narrow inwardly rolled leaves

[so called because it is often used for sheep pastures]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sheep's fescue - cultivated for sheep pasturage in upland regions or used as a lawn grass Festuca ovina, sheep fescue grass - narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay Festuca, genus Festuca - a genus of tufted perennial grasses of the family Gramineae