the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Consisting or made of meal or flour.
adj. Yielding farina or flour.
adj. Like meal; mealy; pertaining to meal.
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.
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adj. composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency
adj. resembling starch
Word Usage
"The formal breakfast differed slightly from an early luncheon, except that the menu made up of was distinctly breakfast dishes: Toast, hot muffins, omelets and other preparations of eggs, delicate farinaceous foods, cafe au lait, etc."