fescue

English - Turkish

Definition of fescue in English Turkish dictionary

(Botanik, Bitkibilim) çayır yumağı

bir çayır otu

{i} sopa

{i} işaret değneği (okul)

{i} çayır otu

küçük sopa

Related Terms

fescue grass

çayır otu

tall fescue

uzun boylu cayır

English - English

Definition of fescue in English English dictionary

A hardy grass commonly used to border golf fairways in temperate climates. Any member of the genus Festuca

A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read

{n} a thing used to point out letters

A straw, wire, stick, etc

The style of a dial

grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns

used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read

A grass of the genus Festuca

{i} straw, small stick; type of grass

To use a fescue, or teach with a fescue

Any of about 100 species of grasses that make up the genus Festuca (family Poaceae, or Gramineae), native to temperate and cold regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Several species are important pasture and fodder grasses, and a few are used in lawn mixtures. One variety, blue fescue \(F. ovina glauca'), has smooth, silvery leaves and is planted in ornamental borders

An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum

A hardy grass commonly used to border golf fairways in temperate climates

Related Terms

red fescue

a grass plant, Festuca rubra, with green, red, or blue-green flowers, found in Europe, Asia and North America

tall fescue

A European fescue (Festuca elatior syn. F. arundinacea) with erect smooth stems three to four feet (about one meter) high that has been introduced into No. America ¯ called also tall fescue grass

meadow fescue

A grass (Festuca eliator) grown for hay

sheep fescue

cultivated for sheep pasturage in upland regions or used as a lawn grass

Hyphenation

fes·cue

Turkish pronunciation

feskyu

Pronunciation

/ˈfeˌskyo͞o/ /ˈfɛˌskjuː/

Etymology

[ 'fes-(")kyü ] (noun.) 1513. Old French festu (modern fétu), from Proto-Romance festu, from Latin festuca ‘stalk, stem, straw’.