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Definition of fescue
1 : a small pointer (such 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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Recent Examples of fescue from the Web
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However, Kowalewski notes that perennial ryegrass and fescue, the two most common grasses in western Oregon, should not be cut low.
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These fescues do no mix well with bluegrass and ryegrass, because of the wider grass blades.
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This weekend the golfer who wins the 2017 U.S. Open at Erin Hills will be the one best able to deal with fate, unpredictable winds, and tall fescue.
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Jason Day also tangled with fierce fescue and had two triple bogeys in his round of 79.
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His second shot drifted off the fairway, third shot was over the green in the fescue.
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On Tuesday, the fescue was cut down to about four inches on four of the holes.
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Some golfers believe the waist-high fescue growing outside the primary rough at Erin Hills Golf Course in Erin, Wis., is too tall.
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Like the course’s fescue, the topic of fatherhood could potentially overrun this 117th United States Open.
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Origin and Etymology of fescue
Middle English festu stalk, straw, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin festucum, from Latin festuca
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See words that rhyme with fescue Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about fescue
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