feˈst(y)ükə, fə̇ˈ- noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, stalk, straw, rod for touching slaves in manumission; probably akin to Latin ferula giant fennel
: a large genus of mostly tufted perennial grasses comprising the fescues and having flat leaves and panicled spikelets with acute pointed or awned flowering scales — see buffalo bunchgrass , sheep's fescue , tall fescue