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fescue

17 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. fescue (noun)
  2. fescue foot (noun)
  3. alta fescue (noun)
  4. blue fescue (noun)
  5. chewings fescue (noun)
  6. creeping fescue (noun)
  7. hard fescue (noun)
  8. Idaho fescue (noun)
  9. meadow fescue (noun)
  10. rat's-tail fescue (noun)
  11. rattail fescue (noun)
  12. red fescue (noun)
  13. reed fescue (noun)
  14. sheep fescue (noun)
  15. sheep's fescue
  16. tall fescue (noun)
  17. blue bunch grass (noun)

fes·cue

noun \ˈfes-(ˌ)kyü\

Definition of FESCUE

1
: a small pointer (as a stick) used to point out letters to children learning to read
2
: any of a genus (Festuca) of tufted perennial grasses with panicled spikelets
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Origin of FESCUE

Middle English festu stalk, straw, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin festucum, from Latin festuca
First Known Use: 1589

Rhymes with FESCUE

rescue

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