Definitions for farinaceous

farinaceous far·i·na·ceous

Spelling: [far-uh-ney-shuh s]
IPA: /ˌfær əˈneɪ ʃəs/

Farinaceous is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 1135 anagrams from letters in farinaceous (aacefinorsu).

Definitions for farinaceous

adjective

  1. consisting or made of flour or meal, as food.
  2. containing or yielding starch, as seeds; starchy.
  3. mealy in appearance or nature.

Origin of farinaceous

From the Latin word farīnāceus, dating back to 1640-50. See farina, -aceous

Examples for farinaceous

farinaceous articles of diet can be added to milk with advantage.

The kernel has a mild, farinaceous, oily taste, agreeable to the palate.

The Rodent varies his diet: to oily and farinaceous foods he adds the Snail.

The flesh is firm, white, and has a farinaceous taste as well as odor.

So also with potatoes, rice, and other farinaceous and pulpy substances used as substitutes350 for wheat-flour.

The lungs are satisfied with a provision of vegetable and farinaceous food.

The farinaceous fruits (grain), as already stated, furnish the principal and most useful portion of the food of man.

The fruit is of a farinaceous quality, but so bitter as to be useless for food.

The result is, they know but little of farinaceous or vegetable food.

It was easily distinguished from the farinaceous pellets then collected by other bees.

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