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fescue definition

fes·cue (fes′kyo̵̅o̅′)

noun

  1. Rare a long stick, straw, etc., used as a teacher's pointer
  2. any of a genus (Festuca) of grasses, many of which are used in the temperate zone as lawn and pasture grasses

Etymology: ME festu < OFr < L festuca, a straw, blade of grass

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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