单词 | fescue |
释义 | fes·cue (fĕsky) n. 1. Any of various perennial grasses of the genus Festuca, often cultivated as pasturage. 2. Any of several annual grasses of the genus Vulpia of dry habitats. [Short for fescue grass (so called from its being grown for hay and straw), from Early Modern English fescue, straw, piece of straw, alteration of Middle English festu, straw, from Old French, from Late Latin festūcum, from Latin festūca; perhaps akin to ferula, giant fennel (which has hollow stems), and fistula, hollow stalk, pipe.] |
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