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noun
A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
A hardy grass commonly used to border golf fairways in temperate climates, of the genus Festuca.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
The style of a sundial.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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verb
To use a fescue, or teach with a fescue.
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noun
grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: fescue grass, meadow fescue, Festuca elatior
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Broader terms: grass
History
From Old French festu (modern fétu), from Proto-Romance festu, from Latin festūca (“stalk, stem, straw”).
Across languages
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