a. [f. as prec. + -INE.] a. Straw-colored. b. (See quot. 1823.)
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., V. iii. 237. 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.
1823. Crabb, Technol. Dict., Festucine (Min.) an epithet for a shivery or splintery fracture.
1874. M. Collins, Transmigration, III. i. 3. Her turquoise eyes suited her festucine hair.
