单词 | farina |
释义 | farinan. 1. a. The flour or meal of any species of corn, nut, or starchy root. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > flour > [noun] floura1325 farina1800 plain flour1879 all-purpose flour1910 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. lxvii. 957 Oþer mele is proprely clepid farina whanne þe corn is wel ygrounde. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 29 The Meale was called Farina.] 1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange Man. Course Chem. II. 265 The farina of wheat does not give carbonate of lime by incineration. 1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) II. 133 Two scruples of the farina of the Croton nut should be given in a little gruel. 1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 316 Starch is the farina of seeds and soft cellular roots and stems. b. A powdery substance, dust. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [noun] > state of being powdery > powder powderc1300 poudreyec1400 pulver?a1425 farina1707 pulverulence1727 1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 33 A white substance which we call Farina (Meal) to nourish the new-born Plant. 1764 J. Grainger Sugar-cane iv. 154 (note) Small seeds, covered with a red farina. 1783 J. C. Smyth in Med. Communications 1 194 Some have the surface covered with a fine white powder, or farina. 1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 32 Rub off the farina, should any adhere. c. A preparation of maize used for puddings. 2. In various scientific uses.fossil farina: see fossil n. and adj. Compounds 2. a. Botany. = Pollen. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > stamen or pistil > pollen and related parts sandarac1623 globulet1671 powder1672 bread1682 farina1721 pollen1723 father-dust1728 rough wax1744 yellow rain1755 dust1776 fovilla1793 anther dust1797 pollen mass1828 pollen tube1830 intextine1835 pollen grain1835 pollen granule1835 exine1839 exintine1839 intine1839 pollinium1849 sulphur shower1854 pollinic mass1857 pollen chamber1863 smoke1868 pollen sac1872 pollinarium1881 sulphur rain1882 pollinic chamber1885 perine1895 pollen content1926 sculpturing1943 monad1947 nexine1948 sexine1948 1721 R. Bradley Philos. Acct. Wks. Nature 27 The Farina of each..Plant. 1770–4 A. Hunter Georgical Ess. (1803) I. 486 Impregnated by the farina of the male [plant]. 1861 Sat. Rev. 15 June 619 The bee and its congeners..by carrying the fructifying farina from flower to flower, convert flowers into fruit. b. Chemistry. A fine white powder obtained from cereals, the potato, etc.; starch. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > carbohydrates > sugars > polysaccharides > [noun] > starch starch1779 farina1813 1813 H. Davy Elements Agric. Chem. i. 10 Farina or the pure matter of starch. 1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. I. x. 345 This white matter will at length subside: it may be collected on a filter and dried: it is then starch or farina. c. Entomology. A mealy powder found on some insects. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > covering > mealy powder farina1828 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 327 Body cylindrical, brown, covered with farina. CompoundsCategories » farina-boiler n. U.S., a utensil used for cooking farinaceous articles. ( Cent. Dict.) This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1707 |
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