Fescue

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of various grasses of the genus Festuca, often cultivated as pasturage.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read.
  • n. A hardy grass commonly used to border golf fairways in temperate climates. Any member of the genus Festuca.
  • v. To use a fescue, or teach with a fescue.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read.
  • n. An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum.
  • n. The style of a dial.
  • n. A grass of the genus Festuca.
  • v. To use a fescue, or teach with a fescue.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A straw, wire, pin, or slender stick used to point out the letters to children when learning to read. See first extract under ferular.
  • n. A plectrum with which a lyre or dulcimer is played.
  • n. The style or straight rod by which the shadow is cast in sun-dials of certain forms, as in those set upon upright walls. See sun-dial.
  • n. Fescue-grass. See Festuca.
  • To use a fescue in teaching pupils to read.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns
  • Hypernym
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    grass   
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    fescued    fescuing   
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    plectrum   
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