stramineous

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‘stramineous’, ‘ardelion’ (Burton), ‘lepid’ and ‘sufflaminate’ (Barrow),

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  1. Consisting of straw; strawy.
  2. Like straw; light. His sole study is for words … to set out a stramineous subject. Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 223.
  3. Straw-colored; pale-yellowish.

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  1. from Latin stramineus, made of straw, from stramen, straw, litter: see stramage.
 

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