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Festuca
noun
Fes·tu·ca
\feˈst(y)ükə, fə̇ˈ-\
Definition of Festuca
: a large genus of mostly tufted perennial grasses comprising the fescues and having flat leaves and panicled spikelets with acute pointed or awned flowering scales — see buffalo bunchgrass sheep's fescue tall fescue
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Origin and Etymology of festuca
New Latin, from Latin, stalk, straw, rod for touching slaves in manumission; probably akin to Latin ferula giant fennel
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