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单词 festucaceous
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festucaceousadj.

Brit. /ˌfɛstjᵿˈkeɪʃəs/, U.S. /ˌfɛst(j)ʊˈkeɪʃəs/, /ˌfɛst(j)əˈkeɪʃəs/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin festucaceus , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin festucaceus (1576 or earlier; < classical Latin festūca stalk (see festucous adj.) + -āceus : see -aceous suffix) + -ous suffix.With sense 2 compare scientific Latin Festucaceae (1817 or earlier), Festuceae (1823 or earlier), former division names.
1. Straw-like. Cf. festucous adj. 1. Obsolete. rare.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > plants, grasses, or reeds > [adjective] > made of straw > resembling straw
strawish1562
festucous1646
festucaceous1657
festuceous1658
strawy1668
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Aaa3 It [sc. cinquefoile] emitts from one root many, pedall, festucaceous [L. festucaceos] surcles.
2. Botany. Belonging to or characteristic of a (former) division of grasses comprising the fescues (genus Festuca and related genera). rare. Now historical.
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1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 32/2 Airochloa, a name given to certain festucaceous grasses, now generally referred to Kœleria.
1895 Trans. Linn. Soc.: Bot. 4 510 This..differs from it in possessing a truly Festucaceous inflorescence.
1973 R. H. Mohlenbrock Grasses 211 This subfamily [sc. Eragrostoideae] includes several festucaceous genera of Hitchcock and many genera of Hitchcock's tribe Chlorideae.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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