festucine

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festucine - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Festucine \Fes*tu*cine\ (? or ?), a. [L. festula stalk, straw.
     Cf. Fescue.]
     Of a straw color; greenish yellow. [Obs.]
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           A little insect of a festucine or pale green. --Sir T.
                                                    Browne.
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