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Definition of Farinose
1. a. Yielding farina; as, farinose substances.
Definition of Farinose
1. Adjective. Yielding or related to farina; as, farinose substances. ¹
2. Adjective. (botany) (zoology) Covered with a sort of white, mealy powder, as the leaves of some poplars, and the body of certain insects; mealy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Farinose
1. resembling farina [adj] - See also: farina
Medical Definition of Farinose
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1. Yielding farinaa; as, farinose substances.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Farinose
Literary usage of Farinose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"Glabrous and not farinose: Ivs. paper-like, very broadly ovate-elliptic, serrate,
attenuate into short winged petiole: scape slender, 4-8 in. high and much ..."
2. The Convalescents' Receipt Book by Grace Franklin Osgood (1901)
"farinose. STIR slowly one small cup of farinose into one quart of boiling milk.
Salt to taste. Boil fifteen minutes and serve as desired. ..."
3. Ferns: British and Exotic by Edward Joseph Lowe (1868)
"The midrib has dispersed sparingly over it small thin scales, and is partially
covered with white farinose powder. The colour of the rachis is ebony black, ..."
4. Flora of the Rocky Mountains and Adjacent Plains, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming by Per Axel Rydberg (1917)
"Plant tall and erect. 7. C. albescens. Plant sparingly farinose or ... Leaves farinose
and glaucous beneath: seeds vertical. 18. ..."
5. Our Native Ferns and Their Allies: With Synoptical Descriptions of the by Lucien Marcus Underwood (1888)
"Fronds farinose, with white or yellow powder (in one species naked). * Fronds
farinose below. t Fronds deltoid or pentagonal, barely bipinnate. 6. ..."
6. Select Ferns and Lycopods: British and Exotic by Benjamin Samuel Williams (1868)
"This very handsome plant is one that suffers by the fronds being wetted more than
any other, on account of the dense farinose powder which covers its upper ..."
7. Text-book of Botany, Morphological and Physical by Julius Sachs (1882)
"A similar change takes place if the granulose is removed from .a grain; the
farinose-skeleton of the grain which remains is, although saturated with water, ..."
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