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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fescue /ˈfɛskjuː/

▶noun a narrow-leaved grass, some kinds of which are valuable for pasture and fodder. [Genera Festuca and Vulpia.]

– origin ME festu, festue ‘straw, twig’, from OFr. festu, based on L. festuca ‘stalk, straw’.

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