'Fescue grass' definitions:

Definition of 'fescue grass'

From: WordNet
noun
Grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns [syn: fescue, fescue grass, meadow fescue, Festuca elatior]

Definition of 'Fescue grass'

From: GCIDE
  • Fescue \Fes"cue\ (f[e^]s"k[-u]), n. [OE. festu, OF. festu, F. f['e]tu, fr. L. festuca stalk, straw.]
  • 1. A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read. "Pedantic fescue." --Sterne. [1913 Webster]
  • To come under the fescue of an imprimatur. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum. [Obs.] --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The style of a dial. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Bot.) A grass of the genus Festuca. [1913 Webster]
  • Fescue grass (Bot.), a genus of grasses (Festuca) containing several species of importance in agriculture. Festuca ovina is sheep's fescue; F. elatior is meadow fescue. [1913 Webster]