| festucine Jul 10th 2013, 01:47, by DCDuring | | | | Line 2: | Line 2: | | | | | | | | ===Etymology=== | | ===Etymology=== | | − | {{etyl|la|en}} {{term|festula|lang=la}} stalk, straw. Compare {{term|fescue}}. The chemical is called "festucine" because it is found in ''Festuca'' (its synonym "loline" reflects its presence in ''Lolium''). | + | {{etyl|la|en}} {{term|festula|lang=la}} stalk, straw. Compare {{term|fescue}}. The chemical is called "festucine" because it is found in {{taxlink|Festuca|genus}} (its synonym "loline" reflects its presence in ''[[Lolium]]''). | | | | | | | | ===Adjective=== | | ===Adjective=== |
Latest revision as of 01:47, 10 July 2013 English[edit] Etymology[edit] Latin festula stalk, straw. Compare fescue. The chemical is called "festucine" because it is found in Festuca (its synonym "loline" reflects its presence in Lolium). Adjective[edit] festucine (comparative more festucine, superlative most festucine) - (obsolete) Of a straw colour; greenish-yellow.
- 1658, Thomas Browne, Pſeudoxia Epidemica: or, Enquiries into Very many Received Tenents, and commonly preſumed Truths, edition 3, Book 5, Chapter III, page 200:
- For here the true Cicada is not bred, but certain it is, that out of this, some kind of Locuſt doth proceed, for herein may be diſcovered a little inſect of a feſtucine or pale green, reſembling in all parts a Locuſt, or what we call a Graſhopper.
- 1853, F. H. Stauffer, Rose May, the new School-Mistress, in The Family Fire-Side Book, page 314:
- […] ; and during the controversy and distracted attention, a beautiful young lady, habited in a black silk pelisse, a festucine dress, and an envious little straw bonnet, stepped out of the opposite side of the coach.
- 1913, John Myers O'Hara, Heliogabalus, in Pagan Sonnets, page 10:
- […] laid
- Upon thy pouting lips the drench of wine!
- Above thy brow they massed the festucine
- Tresses and bound them with a mitra's braid;
festucine (uncountable) - (organic chemistry) Loline, an alkaloid with the formula C₈H₁₄N₂O.
- 1991, Abdel-Fattah M. Rizk, Poisonous plant contamination of edible plants, page 96:
- MS and NMR spectra of loline from L. cunneatum and festucine from Festuca arundinacea showed that both alkaloids are identical.
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