fescue

American  

[fes-kyoo] / ˈfɛs kju /

noun

1. Also called fescue grass. any grass of the genus Festuca, some species of which are cultivated for pasture or lawns.

2. a pointer, as a straw or slender stick, used to point out the letters in teaching children to read.

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fescue British  

/ ˈfɛskjuː /

noun

1. any grass of the genus Festuca : widely cultivated as pasture and lawn grasses, having stiff narrow leaves See also meadow fescue sheep's fescue

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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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Example Sentences

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fescue

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

That meant an August 2023 wedding celebration held at their home was the first time anyone stepped foot on the fescue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

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

“Some plants, like heather, blue fescue, lavender, nandina and ceanothus, tend to not be long lived in an urban landscape,” Goetz observes.

From Seattle Times ● May 18, 2024

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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