Farinaceous

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  • adjective. Made from, rich in, or consisting of starch.
  • adjective. Having a mealy or powdery texture.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Consisting or made of meal or flour: as, a farinaceous diet, which consists of articles prepared from the meal or flour of the various species of corn or grain.
  • Containing starch: as, farinaceous seeds.
  • Pertaining to meal; of the nature of meal; mealy: as, a farinaceous taste or quality.
  • Having a mealy appearance; covered with or as if with meal; characterized by something resembling meal: applied in pathology to certain eruptions in which the epidermis exfoliates in fine scales resembling farina.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Consisting or made of meal or flour.
  • adjective. Yielding farina or flour.
  • adjective. Like meal; mealy; pertaining to meal.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Made from, or rich in, starch or flour.
  • adjective. Having a floury texture; grainy.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency
  • adjective. resembling starch
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    farina  
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    coarse  harsh  starchy  
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