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Synonyms for farinaceous

Grammar : Adj
Spell : far-uh-ney-shuh s
Phonetic Transcription : ˌfær əˈneɪ ʃəs


Définition of farinaceous

Origin :
  • 1640s, from Late Latin farinaceus, from farina (see farina).
  • adj granular
Example sentences :
  • The flesh is firm, white, and has a farinaceous taste as well as odor.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • The lungs are satisfied with a provision of vegetable and farinaceous food.
  • Extract from : « In Search of the Castaways » by Jules Verne
  • The result is, they know but little of farinaceous or vegetable food.
  • Extract from : « Oowikapun » by Egerton Ryerson Young
  • The kernel has a mild, farinaceous, oily taste, agreeable to the palate.
  • Extract from : « Birds and all Nature, Vol. V, No. 1, January 1899 » by Various
  • The fruit is of a farinaceous quality, but so bitter as to be useless for food.
  • Extract from : « Woodland Gleanings » by Charles Tilt
  • It was easily distinguished from the farinaceous pellets then collected by other bees.
  • Extract from : « Insect Architecture » by James Rennie
  • Farinaceous articles of diet can be added to milk with advantage.
  • Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
  • So also with potatoes, rice, and other farinaceous and pulpy substances used as substitutes350 for wheat-flour.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
  • The farinaceous fruits (grain), as already stated, furnish the principal and most useful portion of the food of man.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley
  • The Rodent varies his diet: to oily and farinaceous foods he adds the Snail.
  • Extract from : « Bramble-bees and Others » by J. Henri Fabre

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