Festuca

noun

Fes·​tu·​ca

feˈst(y)ükə,

fə̇ˈ-

: a large genus of mostly tufted perennial grasses comprising the fescues and having flat leaves and panicled spikelets with acute pointed or awned flowering scales see buffalo bunchgrass, sheep's fescue, tall fescue

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin, stalk, straw, rod for touching slaves in manumission; probably akin to Latin ferula giant fennel

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