| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Yielding farinaa; as, farinose substances.[Websters]
2. Civered with a sort of white, mealy powder, as the leaves of some poplars, and the body of certain insects; mealy.[Websters] 3. Being mealy or floury. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb farinosely.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (farinosely) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective farinose.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "FARINOSE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Etymology:Farinose \Far`i*nose"\, adjective. [Latin expression farinosus: compare to the French expression farineux.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: FARINOSE
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Science | Of soredia, like grains of flour (use x10 lens). (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
