FESCUE


Meaning of FESCUE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈfes-(ˌ)kyü ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English festu stalk, straw, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin festucum, from Latin festuca

Date: 1589

1. : a small pointer (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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.