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farinose

farinose adjective: yielding or related to farina.

Adjective

farinose (comparative more farinose, superlative most farinose)

  1. Yielding or related to farina
    • a farinose substance
  2. Covered with a sort of white, mealy powder, like the leaves of some poplars, and the body of certain insects; mealy

Antonyms of farinose

Forms of farinose

comparativemore farinose
superlativemost farinose

Origin of farinose

Borrowed from Late Latin farīnōsus, from Latin farīna. By surface analysis, farin(a) + -ose.

Questions about farinose

What does farinose mean?
Farinose means yielding or related to farina.
What part of speech is farinose?
Farinose is an adjective.

Words near farinose in the dictionary

  1. farinographs
  2. farinography
  3. farinometer
  4. farinometers
  5. Farinos
  6. farinose
  7. farinulent
  8. fario
  9. Farion
  10. Farions
  11. Farish

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