festucine
festucine adjective: of a straw colour; greenish-yellow.
Adjective
festucine (comparative more festucine, superlative most festucine)
- Of a straw colour; greenish-yellow.
- For here the true Cicada is not bred, but certain it is, that out of this, some kind of Locuſt doth proceed, for herein may be diſcovered a little inſect of a feſtucine or pale green, reſembling in all parts a Locuſt, or what we call a Graſhopper.1658, Thomas Browne, Pſeudoxia Epidemica: or, Enquiries into Very many Received Tenents, and commonly preſumed Truths, edition 3, Book 5, Chapter III, page 200
- […]; and during the controversy and distracted attention, a beautiful young lady, habited in a black silk pelisse, a festucine dress, and an envious little straw bonnet, stepped out of the opposite side of the coach.1853, F. H. Stauffer, “Rose May, the new School-Mistress”, in The Family Fire-Side Book, page 314
Noun
festucine (uncountable)
- Loline, an alkaloid with the formula C₈H₁₄N₂O.
- MS and NMR spectra of loline from L. cunneatum and festucine from Festuca arundinacea showed that both alkaloids are identical.1991, Abdel-Fattah M. Rizk, Poisonous plant contamination of edible plants, page 96
Forms of festucine
| comparative | more festucine |
|---|---|
| superlative | most festucine |
Origin of festucine
From Latin festula (“stalk, straw”). Compare fescue. The chemical is called "festucine" because it is found in Festuca.
Questions about festucine
- What does festucine mean?
- Festucine means of a straw colour; greenish-yellow.
- What part of speech is festucine?
- Festucine can be an adjective or a noun.
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