festuceæ

pl. [Lat. festuc ( a ), and fem. pl. adj. suff. -eœӕ.] Bot .: A tribe of gra es containing two families, Bromide and Bambuside. *f ěs'-tu-çine, a. & s. [Lat. festuc (a); Eng. adj. suff.- ine .] A. As adj .: Of a straw color, or between green and yellow. "Therein may be discovered a little insect of a fectucine or pale green, resembling a locust or gra hopper."Browne: Vulgar Errors , bk. v., ch. iii. IMG:content-1574.png:[blocks in formation] feast.] Pertaining or suited to a feast; festive, merry, mirthful; as, Gayton's " Festivous Notes upon Don Quixote."" [Eng. festivous; -ne .] Festivity, joyfulne , ( Ash ) *fes'-tlv-ous-ne , s. *fest-lich, a. [Mid. Eng. fest feast; -lich= like.] Used to feasts; festive.