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Definition of Festuca ovina
1. Noun. Cultivated for sheep pasturage in upland regions or used as a lawn grass.
Generic synonyms: Grass
Group relationships: Festuca, Genus Festuca
Lexicographical Neighbors of Festuca Ovina
Literary usage of Festuca ovina
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forage Plants and Their Culture by Charles Vancouver Piper (1914)
"The forms of festuca ovina native to North America are much fewer than in Europe.
Typical festuca ovina occurs rather sparingly as a native in the Rocky ..."
2. An Encyclopædia of Agriculture: Comprising the Theory and Practice of the by John Claudius Loudon (1826)
"This species is nearly allied to the festuca ovina, from which it differ» little,
except that it is larger in 'every respect. The produce, and the nutritive ..."
3. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"... fescue grass, festuca ovina. See FESTUCA. This is perhaps the most valuable
grass of all. It is observed to grow and thrive in lands of all qualities ..."
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