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
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The site was home to scarce plants including pyramidal and bee orchids, and a rare colony of marbled white butterflies that had relied on common knapweed and red fescue.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
DeChambeau sent his tee shot 257 yards but far off to the right into tall fescue grass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Which means I am simultaneously very proud of showing off my lawn, but I also can’t bear watching you grind your dirty claws into my precious fescue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025
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
She’ll get to the fescue, but not before she’s eaten all the clover ice cream she can find.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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