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Farinaceous


FARINA'CEOUS, adjective [from Latin farina, meal.]

1. Consisting or made of meal or flour; as a farinaceous diet, which consists of the meal or flour of the various species of corn or grain.

2. Containing meal; as farinaceous seeds.

3. Like meal; mealy; pertaining to meal; as a farinaceous taste or smell.