Defn: See Felt, n. [Obs.]
FELUCCA
Fe*luc"ca (, n. Etym: [It. feluca (cf. Sp. faluca, Pg. falua), fr.
Ar. fulk ship, or harraqah a sort of ship.] (Naut.)
Defn: A small, swift-sailing vessel, propelled by oars and lateen sails, — once common in the Mediterranean.
Note: Sometimes it is constructed so that the helm may be used at either end.
FELWORT
Fel"wort`, n. Etym: [Probably a corruption of fieldwort.] (Bot.)
Defn: A European herb (Swertia perennis) of the Gentian family.
FEMALE Fe"male, n. Etym: [OE. femel, femal, F. femelle, fr. L. femella, dim. of femina woman. See Feminine.]
1. An individual of the sex which conceives and brings forth young, or (in a wider sense) which has an ovary and produces ova. The male and female of each living thing. Drayton.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: A plant which produces only that kind of reproductive organs which are capable of developing into fruit after impregnation or fertilization; a pistillate plant.