noun
a genus of tufted perennial grasses of the family Gramineae
• Syn: ↑genus Festuca
• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus
• Member Holonyms:
↑Gramineae, ↑family Gramineae, ↑Graminaceae, ↑family Graminaceae, ↑Poaceae, ↑family Poaceae, ↑grass family
• Member Meronyms:
↑fescue, ↑fescue grass, ↑meadow fescue, ↑Festuca elatior, ↑sheep fescue, ↑sheep's fescue, ↑Festuca ovina, ↑silver grass
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\\feˈst(y)ükə, fə̇ˈ-\ nounUsage: 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
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/fe stooh"keuh, -styooh"-/, n.
any grass of the genus Festuca, chiefly characterized by tufted blades and spikelets, comprising the fescues.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.