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