farinose
Americanadjective
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yielding farina.
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resembling farina; farinaceous.
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covered with a mealy powder.
adjective
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similar to or yielding farina
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botany covered with very short hairs resembling a whitish mealy dust
Other Word Forms
- farinosely adverb
Etymology
Origin of farinose
First recorded in 1720–30, farinose is from the Late Latin word farīnōsus mealy. See farina, -ose 1
Example Sentences
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The secretion of a white, or bluish, waxy, or farinose substance from the surface of the body is as characteristic of this section as the nauseous odor is of the first.
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Farinā′ceous, mealy; Farinose′, yielding farina.
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Farinose, covered with a mealy powder.
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P. Acrid. 4-7 cm. exp. glabrous, even, pinkish buff, pale when dry; g. free, becoming brownish, at length remote; s. 5-7 cm. everywhere covered with white farinose down; sp.
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Substipitate, elongated on one side, ear-shaped, subferruginous externally, farinose internally; base even.
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