stramineous

stramineous
adjective /stɹəˈmɪnɪəs/
a) Pertaining to or made of straw; having little value, insubstantial.

Their wits indeed serve them to that sole purpose, to make sport [...]; in all other discourse, dry, barren, stramineous, dull and heavy, here lies their genius, in this they alone excel, please themselves and others.

b) Straw-coloured.

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  • Stramineous — Stra*min e*ous, a. [L. stramineus, fr. stramen straw, fr. sternere, stratum, to spread out, to strew.] 1. Strawy; consisting of straw. Robinson. [1913 Webster] 2. Chaffy; like straw; straw colored. Burton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • stramineous — /streuh min ee euhs/, adj. 1. of or resembling straw. 2. straw colored; yellowish. [1615 25; < L stramineus of straw, equiv. to stramin (s. of stramen straw; akin to STRATUM) + eus EOUS] * * * …   Universalium

  • stramineous — strawy; light; worthless; straw coloured Colour Terms …   Phrontistery dictionary

  • stramineous — stra·min·eous …   English syllables

  • stramineous — /strəˈmɪniəs/ (say struh mineeuhs) adjective 1. of straw; straw like. 2. straw coloured; yellowish. {Latin strāmineus} …  

  • stramineous —   a. like straw or its colour; worthless …   Dictionary of difficult words

  • stramineous — strəˈminēəs adjective Etymology: Latin stramineus of straw, from stramin , stramen straw, litter, from sternere to strew, spread out, lay flat more at strew 1. archaic a. : consisting of straw b. : of the nature of or resemblin …   Useful english dictionary

  • Dryopteris macropholis — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae …   Wikipedia

  • strawy — a. 1. Of straw, stramineous. 2. Straw colored, stramineous …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • Astragalus lemmonii — Taxobox name = Lemmon s milkvetch status = G3 status system = TNC regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Fabales familia = Fabaceae subfamilia = Faboideae genus = Astragalus species = A. lemmonii binomial =… …   Wikipedia

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