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farinose
[far-uh-nohs]
adjective
yielding farina.
resembling farina; farinaceous.
covered with a mealy powder.
farinose
/ ˈfærɪˌnəʊs, -ˌnəʊz /
adjective
similar to or yielding farina
botany covered with very short hairs resembling a whitish mealy dust
Other 51Թ Forms
- farinosely adverb
- ˈڲˌԴDz adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
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.
Farinā′ceous, mealy; Farinose′, yielding farina.
Farinose, covered with a mealy powder.
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.
Substipitate, elongated on one side, ear-shaped, subferruginous externally, farinose internally; base even.
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