Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large genus of grasses widely distributed over the globe, but chiefly in temperate and colder regions.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a genus of tufted perennial grasses of the family Gramineae
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Examples
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If you're thinking of removing a section of lawn and replacing it with low-maintenance plants, some easy perennials that spread far and wide are yarrow, chamomile, erigeron, festuca, gaura, Stachys and creeping thyme.
Annie Spiegelman: Cry Me a River: Watering Your Yard in a Drought 2010
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If you're thinking of removing a section of lawn and replacing it with low-maintenance plants, some easy perennials that spread far and wide are yarrow, chamomile, erigeron, festuca, gaura, Stachys and creeping thyme.
Annie Spiegelman: Cry Me a River: Watering Your Yard in a Drought 2010
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Thanks for the kind words, the festuca and gaillardia are actually in the ground, it is a combination that loves the heat of summer and gives good color all year.
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The blue fescue, festuca glauca ‘Elijah Blue’, is looking suspiciously large as is the dianthus and mondo grass.
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A lone allium caeruleum amid blue fescue, festuca glauca ‘Elijah Blue’ and forget me nots,myosotis alpestris.
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Iris reticulata ‘Harmony’ with heuchera ‘Amethyst Myst’ and blue fescue, festuca glauca, ‘Elijah Blue’.
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We found here several springs, and the hill-side was well sprinkled with a species of _festuca_ -- a better grass than we had found for many days.
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851
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The mountains were covered with good bunch-grass, (_festuca_;) the water of the streams was cold and pure; their bottoms were handsomely wooded with various kinds of trees; and huge and lofty picturesque precipices where the river cut through the mountain.
The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources Brevet Col. J.C. Fremont 1851
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So _advocatus_ (_Mil. _ 663), _festuca_ (_Mil. _ 961), _lege agito_ (_Mil.
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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