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festuca

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[fe-stoo-kuh, -styoo-] / fɛˈstu kə, -ˈstyu- /

noun

  1. any grass of the genus Festuca, chiefly characterized by tufted blades and spikelets, comprising the fescues.

Etymology

Origin of festuca

< New Latin (Linnaeus), Latin; see fescue

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Amid festuca and other tufted grasses twinkled the purple lychnis, and the white star of the chickweed; and, not without its pleasing associations, I recognised a solitary hesperis—the Arctic representative of the wallflowers of home.”

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 by Whymper, Frederick

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