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stramineous

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[struh-min-ee-uhs] / strəˈmɪn i əs /

adjective

  1. of or resembling straw.

  2. 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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