- festucine
- Being the colour of straw of hay
Grandiloquent dictionary. 2006.
festucine
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Festucine — Fes*tu*cine (? or ?), a. [L. festula stalk, straw. Cf. {Fescue}.] Of a straw color; greenish yellow. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A little insect of a festucine or pale green. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
festucine — fes·tu·cine … English syllables
festucine — a. straw coloured … Dictionary of difficult words
festucine — ˈfest(y)əˌsīn, sēn adjective Etymology: Latin festuca stalk, straw + English ine : of the color straw yellow … Useful english dictionary
