Definition of Fescue

1. Noun. Grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns.

Exact synonyms: Fescue Grass, Festuca Elatior, Meadow Fescue
Generic synonyms: Grass
Group relationships: Festuca, Genus Festuca

Definition of Fescue

1. n. A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read.

2. v. i. & t. To use a fescue, or teach with a fescue.

Definition of Fescue

1. Noun. A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read. ¹

2. Noun. A hardy grass commonly used to border golf fairways in temperate climates. Any member of the genus ''Festuca''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fescue

1. a perennial grass [n -S]

Medical Definition of Fescue

1. 1. A straw, wire, stick, etc, used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read. "Pedantic fescue.' "To come under the fescue of an imprimatur." (Milton) 2. An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum. 3. The style of a dial. 4. A grass of the genus Festuca. Fescue grass, a genus of grasses (Festuca) containing several species of importance in agriculture. Festuca ovina is sheep's fescue; F. Elatior is meadow fescue. Origin: OE. Festu, OF. Festu, F. Fetu, fr. L. Festuca stalk, straw. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fescue

fervidities
fervidity
fervidly
fervidness
fervidnesses
fervor
fervorous
fervors
fervour
fervourous
fervours
ferys
feræ naturæ
fes
fescennine
fescue (current term)
fescue foot
fescue poisoning
fescues
fesh-fesh
fesh fesh
feshschrifts
fesnyng
fesnyngs
fess
fess point
fess points
fess up
fesse

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