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fescue 音标拼音: [f'ɛskj ,u] n. 教鞭,牛毛草 教鞭,牛毛草 fescue n 1: grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns [ synonym: { fescue}, { fescue grass}, { meadow fescue}, { Festuca elatior}] Fescue \ Fes" cue\ ( f[ e^] s" k[- u]), v. i. & t. [ imp. & p. p. { Fescued}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Fescuing}.] To use a fescue, or teach with a fescue. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster]
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]
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