fescue grass

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• Fescue grass — 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. [1913 Webster] To come …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• fescue grass — noun grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns • Syn: ↑fescue, ↑meadow fescue, ↑Festuca elatior • Hypernyms: ↑grass • Member Holonyms: ↑Festuca, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• 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. [1913 Webster] To come under… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• tall fescue grass — noun see tall fescue …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• tall fescue grass — noun see tall fescue …   Useful english dictionary

• fescue — /fes kyooh/, n. 1. Also called fescue grass. any grass of the genus Festuca, some species of which are cultivated for pasture or lawns. 2. a pointer, as a straw or slender stick, used to point out the letters in teaching children to read. [1350… …   Universalium

• fescue foot — fes·cue foot fes (.)kyü n a disease of the feet of cattle resembling ergotism that is associated with feeding on fescue grass (genus Festuca) and esp. tall fescue * * * a condition seen in cattle and sheep in Australia, New Zealand, and North… …   Medical dictionary

• fescue foot — noun Date: 1949 a disease of the feet of cattle resembling ergotism that is associated with feeding on fescue grass and especially tall fescue …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Grass — Grass, n. [OE. gras, gres, gers, AS, gr[ae]s, g[ae]rs; akin to OFries. gres, gers, OS., D., G., Icel., & Goth. gras, Dan. gr[ae]s, Sw. gr[aum]s, and prob. to E. green, grow. Cf. {Graze}.] 1. Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Grass bass — Grass Grass, n. [OE. gras, gres, gers, AS, gr[ae]s, g[ae]rs; akin to OFries. gres, gers, OS., D., G., Icel., & Goth. gras, Dan. gr[ae]s, Sw. gr[aum]s, and prob. to E. green, grow. Cf. {Graze}.] 1. Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Grass bird — Grass Grass, n. [OE. gras, gres, gers, AS, gr[ae]s, g[ae]rs; akin to OFries. gres, gers, OS., D., G., Icel., & Goth. gras, Dan. gr[ae]s, Sw. gr[aum]s, and prob. to E. green, grow. Cf. {Graze}.] 1. Popularly: Herbage; the plants which constitute… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English