Fescue

Festuca

Festuca (fescue) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the grass family Poaceae. They are evergreen, herbaceous, or perennial, tufted grasses with a height range of 10–200 cm (4–79 in) and a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on every continent except Antarctica. The genus is closely related to ryegrass (Lolium), and recent evidence from phylogenetic studies using DNA sequencing of plant mitochondrial DNA shows that the genus lacks monophyly. As a result, plant taxonomists have moved several species, including the forage grasses tall fescue and meadow fescue, from the genus Festuca into the genus Lolium or alternatively into the segregated genus Schedonorus.

fescue

Noun

1. A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read.
2. A hardy grass commonly used to border golf fairways in temperate climates, of the genus Festuca.

Verb

1. To use a fescue, or teach with a fescue.