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Festucine

Festucine \Fes*tu*cine\ (? or ?), a. [L. festula stalk, straw. Cf. Fescue.] Of a straw color; greenish yellow. [Obs.]

A little insect of a festucine or pale green.
--Sir T. Browne.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
festucine

"straw-colored," 1640s, from Latin festuca "straw" (see fescue).

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festucine

a. (context obsolete English) Of a straw colour; greenish-yellow. n. (context organic compound English) loline, an alkaloid with the formula C₈H₁₄N₂O.