Fecula

[Lat. dim. of fæces, lees; Fr. fécule.] A name applied to starch obtained from various sources, but more especially to the starch of the potato. - See STARCH. Fec'ulence, or Fec nlency, n. [Lat. fæculentia; Fr. féculence. Muddine ; quality of abounding with lees or sediment. - Lees; fæces; sediment; dregs. Fec'ulent, a. [Lat. fæculentus ; Fr. féculent , from Lat. fax, sediment.] Abounding in dregs; foul; filthy; muddy; impure; excrementitious; abounding in impure substances.