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fecula
[ fek-yuh-luh ]
noun
- fecal matter, especially of insects.
- foul or muddy matter; dregs.
fecula
/ ˈfɛkjʊlə /
noun
- starch obtained by washing the crushed parts of plants, such as the potato
- faecal material, esp of insects
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Origin of fecula1
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Example Sentences
It may also be observed, that as fecula absorbs less water than flour, this affords a ready means of detection.
When dried with stirring upon hot iron plates, it agglomerates into small lumps, called tapioca; being a gummy fecula.
With this fecula was mingled a mucilaginous juice of disagreeable flavour, but which it would be easy to get rid of by pressure.
Starch (Farina or Fecula) is the form in which this common plant material is, as it were, laid by for future use.
We supposed that rye-flour, pea-flour, and potato fecula were largely used in the making of it.
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