farinaceous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite resembling starch
    amyloid; amyloidal; starchlike; amylaceous.
  2. adjective satellite composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency
    gritty; grainy; granular; mealy; coarse-grained; granulose.
    • granular sugar
    • the photographs were grainy and indistinct
    • it left a mealy residue

WordNet

Far`i*na"ceous adjective
Etymology
L. farinaceus.
Definitions
  1. Consisting or made of meal or flour; as, a farinaceous diet.
  2. Yielding farina or flour; as, ffarinaceous seeds.
  3. Like meal; mealy; pertainiing to meal; as, a farinaceous taste, smell, or appearance.

Webster 1913