fecula

/fek-yuh-luh/US // ˈfɛk yə lə //UK // (ˈfɛkjʊlə) //

粪便,粪球,粪便池,排泄物

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural fec·u·lae [fek-yuh-lee]. /ˈfɛk yəˌli/.
- : fecal matter, especially of insects.
- : foul or muddy matter; dregs.

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.