| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb fescue.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (fescue) | 1. To use a fescue, or teach with a fescue.[Websters]. 2. Base verb from the following inflections: fescuing, fescued, fescues, fescuer, fescuers, fescuingly and fescuedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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"FESCUING" is a common misspelling or typo for: rescuing. |
Date "FESCUING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
Specialty Definition: fescue
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Noun] A small wire used to point out letters to children when learning to read.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wikipedic | Fescue (Festuca) is a genus of about 300 species of tufted grasses, belonging to the grass family Poaceae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution, but with the majority of the species in cool temperate areas. The genus is closely related to ryegrass (Lolium) and is incorporated within that genus by some botanists. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Noun] A hardy grass commonly used to border golf fairways in temperate climates. Any member of the genus Festuca. (references) | 2: [Noun] A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read. 1997: ‘Now then,' Mason rapping upon the Table's Edge with a sinister-looking Fescue of Ebony, whose List of Uses simple Indication does not quite exhaust, whilst the Girls squirm pleasingly — Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon. (references) | |
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Common Expressions: fescue
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Fescue grass | 1: (Bot.), a genus of grasses (Festuca) containing several species of importance in agriculture. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| 2: Grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | |||
| Meadow fescue | Grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Sheep fescue | Cultivated for sheep pasturage in upland regions or used as a lawn grass. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Sheep's fescue | Cultivated for sheep pasturage in upland regions or used as a lawn grass. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Sheep's Fescue | Sheep's Fescue (Festuca ovina) is a species of grass. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: fescue
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Idaho fescue | Administration | Native ranges and forests in which Idaho fescue occurs have historically been subjected to fires at varying intervals. Maintenance of grasslands in the Intermountain West is dependent, in part, on periodic fires to remove dry matter and invading shrubs and trees. A decrease in or loss of dominant seral species such as Idaho fescue due to fire exclusion has been noted in many areas. Idaho fescue is a small bunchgrass that can survive light-severity fires. It is usually harmed by more severe fire. Fires burning at 10- to 25- year intervals have neutral to negative effects on Idaho fescue. Rapid sprouting occurs when root crowns are not killed and soil moisture is favorable. Plants may re-establish from seed after fire if temperatures are low enough to allow for survival of seed. (references) | |
| Rough fescue | Administration | Rough fescue appears to be well adapted to periodic burning. The primary postfire survival strategy of rough fescue is through the resprouting of surviving residual plants and from off-site wind-dispersed seed. Although plants are initially top-killed, recovery of prefire coverages and herbage production is usually attained in 2 to 3 years. Susceptibility to fire is related to fire severity, frequency, and season. During burning, densely packed stubble accumulations insulate perennating buds located near the ground surface. Spring and fall prescribed burning in Montana on rough fescue (Festuca scabrella)-bluebunch wheatgrass (Pseudoroegneria spicatum) winter range killed rough fescue. Mortality of rough fescue was attributed to too much litter, which caused prolonged burning near the stem base. Burning did not negatively affect Idaho fescue (F. idahoensis) or bluebunch wheatgrass. Reductions in plant vigor are more long lasting following growing-season burns than dormant-season burns. Postburn recovery rates decline the further into the growing season plants are burned Fire frequencies in the range of 5 to 10 years may best maintain rough fescue. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: fescue | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Tall Fescue (Festuca arundinacea) | 21 | Fescue | 13 | |
| Fescue | 13 | Red Fescue | 5 | |
| Sheep's Fescue | 5 | Rough Fescue | 4 | |
| Red Fescue | 5 | Sheep's Fescue | 5 | |
| Rough Fescue | 4 | Tall Fescue (Festuca arundinacea) | 21 | |
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