farinoseadj.n.
/ˌfarɪˈnəʊs/ A. adj.
Yielding farina; also Botany, Zoology, and Pathology (see quot. 1845).
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flourena1300
floury1605
farinous1656
farinaceous1667
farinose1727
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Farinose, full of meal, meally.
1845 S. Palmer Pentaglot Dict. 260/1 Farineux,..farinose: an epithet employed to designate..2. in Botany and Zoology the parts, or organs, of Plants and of Insects which..are sprinkled with a white powder, resembling farina: 3. in Pathology a species of herpetic eruption.
1856 W. L. Lindsay Pop. Hist. Brit. Lichens 42 The soridia..give it [a thallus]..a farinose or mealy appearance.
B. n.
Chemistry.
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amidin1833
amylin1838
granulose1875
farinose1882
amylopectin1905
1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 57 At every point of a starch grain both constituents occur together; if the granulose is extracted, the farinose remains behind as a skeleton.
Derivatives
ˌfariˈnosely adv.
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farinosely1840
1840 J. Paxton Pocket Bot. Dict. Farinosely-tomentose, covered with a mealy kind of down.
1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict.
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