Definitions for: Fescue


[n] grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns



Webster (1913) Definition: Fes"cue (f[e^]s"k[-u]), n. [OE. festu, OF. festu, F.
f['e]tu, fr. L. festuca stalk, straw.]
1. A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out
letters to children when learning to read. ``Pedantic
fescue.'' --Sterne.

To come under the fescue of an imprimatur. --Milton.

2. An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum. [Obs.]
--Chapman.

3. The style of a dial. [Obs.]

4. (Bot.) A grass of the genus Festuca.

Fescue grass (Bot.), a genus of grasses (Festuca)
containing several species of importance in agriculture.
Festuca ovina is sheep's fescue; F. elatior is
meadow fescue.


Fes"cue (f[e^]s"k[-u]), v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p.
Fescued; p. pr. & vb. n. Fescuing.]
To use a fescue, or teach with a fescue. --Milton.

Synonyms: fescue grass, Festuca elatior, meadow fescue

See Also: Festuca, genus Festuca, grass

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