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Farinaceous

//ˌfæɹəˈneɪʃəs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Made from, or rich in, starch or flour.

    "Mr. Pumblechook's premises in the High-street of the market town, were of a peppercorny and farinaceous character, as the premises of a corn-chandler and seedsman should be."

  2. 2
    Having a floury texture; grainy.

    "In the Great Pavilion, the nurserymen and women have been employing their dark arts, too; coaxing agapanthus into bloom two months early, cosseting iris with wads of strategically placed cotton wool or touching up the farinaceous, fan-shaped fronds of a Bismarck palm with face powder."

Adjective
  1. 1
    composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency wordnet
  2. 2
    resembling starch wordnet

Etymology

From Latin farinaceus (“relating to, or made from, flour”), derived from Latin farīna (“flour, meal”).

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