The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word FESCUE
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result FESCUE
- Iron, sulphur, copper, oriental grass
- Fellow heading off to deliver grass
- Second copper blocks payment for grass
- Fine save, knocking away header
- It might be part of green fee, touring Southern Corfu on vacation
- Second copper intercepts payment for fodder
- ‘Grass‘ is fine for king in recovery
- Female free from danger initially hidden in grass
- Teacher’s pointer to save, fine in place of rule
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What does FESCUE mean?
FESCUE noun- A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read.
- A hardy grass commonly used to border golf fairways in temperate climates. Any member of the genus Festuca.
- An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum.
- The style of a sundial.
- To use a fescue, or teach with a fescue.