Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FAR-I-NA'CEOUS
FAR-I-NA'CEOUS, a. [from L. farina, meal.]
- Consisting or made of meal or flour; as, a farinaceous diet, which consists of the meal or flour of the various species of corn or grain.
- Containing meal; as, farinaceous seeds.
- Like meal; mealy; pertaining to meal; as, a farinaceous taste or smell.
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