noun
- Plural of fecula; sediment or dregs, especially starch or other fine particles that settle from a liquid.
Usage: technical; chiefly historical or scientific
Examples
- The feculae settled at the bottom of the barrel after fermentation.
- Chemists examined the feculae under a microscope to identify the mineral composition.
- The wine's feculae were carefully filtered out before bottling.
- Starch feculae can be extracted from various plant roots and tubers.