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Meaning of túnvingull | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B2
ˈtʰunˌviŋkʏtl

Definitions

Arctic fescue (Festuca richardsonii)

masculine

Examples

“Sumt af þvi, sem jeg hef sljettað, hef jeg sljettað með plógnum eingöngu, plægt um þýfið eins og það kom fyrir, snúið niður grasrótinni, og sáð í flagið smæru og túnvingul.”

Some of what I have levelled, I have levelled with the plough only, ploughed the tussocky ground as it happened, turned over the grass roots, and sown clovers and Arctic fescue in the stripped ground.

“Á Íslandi er túnvingull algengasta grastegundin, ef með er talinn rauðvingull, sem stundum telst til sömu tegundar.”

In Iceland, Arctic fescue is the most common grass species, if red fescue is also counted, which is sometimes considered to be the same species.

“Auk hélumosans eru ríkjandi háplöntutegundirnar grasvíðir, kornsúra, lambagras, túnvingull, gendinghnappur, axhæra og fjallasveifgras.”

In addition to the leafy liverwort, the dominant plant species are least willow, Alpine bistort, moss campion, Arctic fescue, gendinghnappur, spiked woodrush and alpine meadow-grass.

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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