Found 2 hits - Term: fecula, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
fecula \fec"ula\, n.; pl. feculae l.faecula burnt tartar
or salt of tartar, dim. of faex, faecis, sediment, dregs: cf.
f. f'ecule.
any pulverulent matter obtained from plants by simply
breaking down the texture, washing with water, and
subsidence. especially:
a the nutritious part of wheat; starch or farina; -- called
also amylaceous fecula.
b the green matter of plants; chlorophyll.
1913 webster
see also:
feculae amylaceous fecula
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
fecula
n : excreta especially of insects
also: feculae pl
see also:
feculae
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