a. and sb. [ad. L. farīnōs-us; see FARINOUS.]
A. adj. Yielding farina; also Bot., Zool., and Path. (see quot. 1845).
1727. Bailey (vol. II.), Farinose, full of meal, meally.
1845. S. Palmer, Pentaglot Dict., 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. Lindsay, Brit. Lichens, 42. The soridia … give it [a thallus] … a farinose or mealy appearance.
B. sb. Chem.
1882. Vines, Sachs’ Bot., 57. At every point of a starch-grain both constituents occur together; if the granulose is extracted, the farinose remains behind as a skeleton.
Hence Farinosely adv.
1840. Paxton, Bot. Dict., Farinosely-tomentose, covered with a mealy kind of down.
1847. in Craig.
