Definitions for fescue

fescue fes·cue

Spelling: [fes-kyoo]
IPA: /ˈfɛs kyu/

Fescue is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 50 anagrams from letters in fescue (ceefsu).

Definitions for fescue

noun

  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.

Origin of fescue

1350-1400; earlier festue, Middle English festu Middle French Vulgar Latin *festūcum, for Latin festūca stalk, straw

Examples for fescue

The fescue (Festuca ovina), a little fern (Woodsia), and a saussurea ascend very near the summit.

Meadow fescue is one of the most common of the fescue grasses, and is said to be the Randall grass of Virginia.

The reader is probably acquainted with the fescue Grass, with its awned flowers arranged in one-sided panicles.

This burrow is a vertical well, with a curb of fescue grass intertwined with silk.

Meadow fescue is a palatable grass that would be used more often in pasture mixtures if the seed were not high in price.

Word Value for fescue
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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