Fescue Definition
fĕskyo͝o
fescues
noun
fescues
A long stick, straw, etc., used as a teacher's pointer.
Webster's New World
Any of a genus (Festuca) of grasses, many of which are used in the temperate zone as lawn and pasture grasses.
Webster's New World
Any of several annual grasses of the genus Vulpia of dry habitats.
American Heritage
An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- Festuca elatior
- meadow fescue
- fescue grass
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verb
To use a fescue, or teach with a fescue.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Fescue
Noun
Singular:
fescue
Plural:
fescuesOrigin of Fescue
Alteration of Middle English festu straw from Old French from Late Latin festūcum from Latin festūca
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Old French festu (modern fétu), from Proto-Romance festu, from Latin festūca (“stalk, stem, straw”).
From Wiktionary
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