fecula means starchy sediment extracted from plants, especially those which are used as food.
fecula is pronounced /ˈfɛkjʊlə/.
Etymology
From Latin faecula, diminutive of faex (“residue, dregs”).
noun
- Starchy sediment extracted from plants, especially those which are used as food.“Arrowroot is the fecula of Maran′ta arundina′cea or West Indian arrowroot; Sex. Syst. Monandria Monogynia; Nat. Ord. Marantaceæ; a plant, which is a native of South America and the West Indies, where it is largely cultivated in gardens and provision grounds. The tubers or roots are beaten into a pulp, stirred with cold water, removing the fibres with the hand; the milky juice is passed through a f”