| Thus the fecula or starch is set at liberty and free to be acted on by the yeast used in fermenting. |
| About twice as much water as fecula will bring the paste to proper consistency. |
| The green fecula obtained by straining the expressed juices of the leaves and herbaceous parts of plants is of this character. |
| This mixture should be constantly stirred as otherwise the fecula will sink to the bottom. |
| It is this fecula which serves for making the rouge employed by ladies. |
| The tubers being reduced to pulp with water, the fecula subsides, and is washed and dried for commerce. |
