farina

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. fine meal made from cereal grain especially wheat; often used as a cooked cereal or in puddings
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Farina \Fa*ri"na\ (f[.a]*r[imac]"n[.a] or f[.a]*r[=e]"n[.a]), n. [L., meal, flour, fr. far a sort of grain, spelt; akin to E. barley.]

1.A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery. [1913 Webster]

2.(Bot.) Pollen. [R.] --Craig. [1913 Webster]

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