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festucine (iou) and timbre (oh)


festucine (iou)



festucine adjective. rare. M17.
[from Latin festuca stalk, straw + -INE1.]
Straw-coloured.

timbre (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Language: French; Origin: Old French, 'drum, bell', from Greek tympanon; TIMPANI]
formal the quality of the sound made by a particular instrument or voice