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fa⋅ri⋅na
[fuh-ree-nuh] 
nə
–noun
| 1. | flour or meal made from cereal grains and cooked as cereal, used in puddings, soups, etc. |
| 2. | Chiefly British. starch, esp. potato starch. |
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| fa·ri·na (fə-rē'nə) n. Fine meal prepared from cereal grain and various other plant products and often used as a cooked cereal or in puddings. [Middle English, from Latin farīna, from far, a kind of grain; see bhares- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Farina
Fa*ri"na\, 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. 2. (Bot.) Pollen. [R.] --Craig.
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Language Translation for : farina
Spanish:
harina,
German:
das Mehl,
Japanese:
小麦粉
farina
1398, from L. farina "ground wheat, flour, meal," from far (gen. farris) "grits, a kind of grain." Hence, farinaceous (1656).
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Main Entry: fa·ri·na
Pronunciation: f&-'rE-n&
Function: noun
: a fine meal of vegetable matter (as cereal grains) used chiefly forpuddings or as a breakfast cereal
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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