fescue
noun(fes-cue)
a small pointer (such as a stick) used to point out letters to children learning to read
fescue
noun(fes-cue)
any of a genus (Festuca) of tufted perennial grasses with panicled spikelets
fescue
noun(fes-cue)
a disease of the feet of cattle resembling ergotism that is associated with feeding on fescue grass and especially tall fescue
fescue
noun(fes-cue)
a tall vigorous broad-leaved European fescue grass (Festuca pratensis) cultivated for forage and hay
fescue
noun(fes-cue)
a perennial pasture and turf fescue (Festuca rubra) of Eurasia and North America that has creeping rootstocks and reddish lemmas and sheaths
fescue
noun(fes-cue)
a hardy fine-foliaged fescue (Festuca ovina) widely used as a pasture grass —called also sheep's fescue
fescue
noun(fes-cue)
a European fescue (Festuca arundinacea synonym Schedonorus arundinaceus) with erect smooth stems three to four feet (about one meter) high that has been introduced into North America —called also tall fescue grass