festucous

English

Etymology

Latin festūcōsus, from festūca

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛsˈtjuːkəs/, /fɛsˈtuːkəs/

Adjective

festucous (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Formed of, consisting of, or similar to, straw.
   • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:

     straws or festucous divisions lightly drawn over with oil

References

• “festucous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.