'Farinaceous' definitions:

Definition of 'farinaceous'

adjective

Resembling starch [syn: starchlike, amylaceous, amyloid, amyloidal, farinaceous]

adjective

Composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency; "granular sugar"; "the photographs were grainy and indistinct"; "it left a mealy residue" [syn: farinaceous, coarse-grained, grainy, granular, granulose, gritty, mealy]

Definition of 'Farinaceous'

From: GCIDE

Farinaceous \Far`i*na"ceous\, a. [L. farinaceus.]
1. Consisting or made of meal or flour; as, a farinaceous diet. [1913 Webster]
2. Yielding farina or flour; as, ffarinaceous seeds. [1913 Webster]
3. Like meal; mealy; pertaining to meal; as, a farinaceous taste, smell, or appearance. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'farinaceous'

From: Moby Thesaurus

botanic,
branny,
bulbous,
cereal,
chalklike,
chalky,
comminute,
comminuted,
crushed,
detrital,
detrited,
disintegrated,
dusty,
efflorescent,
fine,
flaky,
floury,
fruitlike,
fruity,
furfuraceous,
gone to dust,
grated,
ground,
herbaceous,
herbal,
herbose,
herbous,
herby,
impalpable,
leguminose,
leguminous,
levigated,
mealy,
milled,
pestled,
plantlike,
powdered,
powdery,
pulverant,
pulverized,
pulverulent,
radicated,
radiciform,
radicular,
reduced to powder,
rhizoid,
rootlike,
scaly,
scobicular,
scobiform,
scurfy,
sharded,
shredded,
triturated,
tuberous,
vegetable,
vegetal,
vegetarian,
vegetational,
vegetative,
weedy