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noun

Fescue n.

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."

An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum. (Obs.)

The style of a dial. (Obs.)

(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.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... may also have noticed something else. Plants in the drier soil have generally {72} narrow leaves and the grasses are rolled up and fine, whilst those on the damp soil, including the grasses, have usually broad leaves. Thus in the dry sandy soil you may find broom, spurrey, sheep's fescue, pine trees, all with narrow leaves; whilst on the moister soil you may find burdock, primroses, cocksfoot and other broad-leaved plants. Figs. 34 a and b show some plants we found on a dry, gravelly patch on Harpenden common, ...

— Lessons on Soil • E. J. Russell

Words linked to "Fescue" : Festuca elatior, sheep's fescue, sheep fescue, meadow fescue, fescue grass, genus Festuca, Festuca, grass