2. (Bot.)
Defn: Pollen. [R.] Craig.
FARINACEOUS
Far`i*na"ceous, a. Etym: [L. farinaceus.]
1. Consisting or made of meal or flour; as, a farinaceous diet.
2. Yielding farina or flour; as, ffarinaceous seeds.
3. Like meal; mealy; pertainiing to meal; as, a farinaceous taste, smell, or appearance.
FARINOSE
Far`i*nose", a. Etym: [L. farinosus: cf. F. farineux.]
1. Yielding farinaa; as, farinose substances.
2. (Bot. & Zoöl.)
Defn: Civered with a sort of white, mealy powder, as the leaves of some poplars, and the body of certain insects; mealy.