[fes-kyoo] 
| 1. | Also called fescue grass. any grass of the genus Festuca, some species of which are cultivated for pasture or lawns. |
| 2. | a pointer, as a straw or slender stick, used to point out the letters in teaching children to read. |
| fes·cue (fěs'kyōō) n. Any of various grasses of the genus Festuca, often cultivated as pasturage. [Alteration of Middle English festu, straw, from Old French, from Late Latin festūcum, from Latin festūca.] |