Crossword clues for fecula
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fecula \Fec"u*la\, n.; pl. Fecul[AE] [L.faecula burnt tartar or salt of tartar, dim. of faex, faecis, sediment, dregs: cf. F. f['e]cule.] Any pulverulent matter obtained from plants by simply breaking down the texture, washing with water, and subsidence. Especially:
The nutritious part of wheat; starch or farina; -- called also amylaceous fecula.
The green matter of plants; chlorophyll.
Wiktionary
n. (l en starch Starchy) (l en sediment) extracted from (l en plants), especially those which are used as (l en food).
WordNet
n. excreta (especially of insects)
[also: feculae (pl)]
Usage examples of "fecula".
A fecula is washed from the abundant pith, which is chemically a starch, very demulcent, and more digestible than that of rice.
Scoriae, in a state of dust, like powdered pumice-stone, and grayish ashes as small as the finest feculae, were held in suspension in the midst of their thick folds.