fescue
Americannoun
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Also called fescue grass. any grass of the genus Festuca, some species of which are cultivated for pasture or lawns.
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a pointer, as a straw or slender stick, used to point out the letters in teaching children to read.
noun
Etymology
Origin of fescue
1350–1400; earlier festue, Middle English festu < Middle French < Vulgar Latin *festūcum, for Latin festūca stalk, straw
Example Sentences
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And he was on the verge of giving back more ground when he badly mishit his drive on the par-5 16th into the fescue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
Wispy fescue and undulating and fast greens add further layers of complexity to Shinnecock's fearsome reputation.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
The good news is there are low-water, lushly green native lawn alternatives to tall fescue, the most popular water-guzzling king of turf grasses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2024
In Canada, a pasture mix of yarrow, white clover and Rocky Mountain fescue experienced less intense and slower-moving fires than those that burned through nearby grasslands.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2023
My father used to grow oats there, but luckily that last spring he had rotated it to fescue.
From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien
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