- Festuca ovina
- Fescue Fes"cue (f[e^]s"k[-u]), n. [OE. festu, OF. festu, F.
f['e]tu, fr. L. festuca stalk, straw.]
1. A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out
letters to children when learning to read. ``Pedantic
fescue.'' --Sterne.
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To come under the fescue of an imprimatur. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
2. An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum. [Obs.] --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
3. The style of a dial. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
4. (Bot.) A grass of the genus {Festuca}. [1913 Webster]
{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}. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
