stramineous
American
[struh-min-ee-uhs]
/ strəˈmɪn i əs /
adjective
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of or resembling straw.
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straw-colored; yellowish.
Etymology
Origin of stramineous
1615–25; < Latin strāmineus of straw, equivalent to strāmin- (stem of strāmen straw; akin to stratum ) + -eus -eous
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