festuca

[ fe-stoo-kuh, -styoo- ]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of festuca¹

< New Latin (Linnaeus), Latin; fescue

Example Sentences

James Wolfin, a graduate research assistant working on the University of Minnesota’s bee lawn project, suggests using the fescue Festuca brevipila.

From Washington Times

"But also the rapid growth of the roots, which these Festuca are well known for, suggested that it had created extra structure to increase the storage capacity."

From BBC

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 Project Gutenberg

Now, this formality looks characteristic enough; it is exactly the same as the action of the 'salman' in Frankish law where the transmission of property is effected by the handing of a rod called 'festuca.'

From Project Gutenberg

Some species, such as Poa stricta, are known only in this viviparous condition; others, like our British species Festuca ovina and Poa alpina, become viviparous under the special climatic conditions.

From Project Gutenberg