Meanings
adjectivefestucous (not comparable)
- not comparableobsoleteFormed of, consisting of, or similar to, straw.
straws or festucous divisions lightly drawn over with oil
1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
Origin
- Latinfestūcōsus
- Englishfestucous
From Latin festūcōsus, from festūca.
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festucous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/festucous
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