Having the nature, appearance, or texture of flour; powdery, starchy, or resembling meal.
From Latin 'farina' plus the suffix -ose (meaning 'full of' or 'having the quality of'). This adjectival form emerged in scientific English to describe flour-like appearances.
Botanists use 'farinose' to describe plants covered in a white powdery substance called bloom—like the dusty coating on grapes or blueberries, which is actually a waxy protection layer!
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