farina

4 definitions found

farina - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

farina - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  farina
      n 1: fine meal made from cereal grain especially wheat; often
           used as a cooked cereal or in puddings

farina - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Farina, IL (village, FIPS 25375)
    Location: 38.83170 N, 88.77784 W
    Population (1990): 575 (254 housing units)
    Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 62838

farina - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "farina":
     air pollution, attritus, bran, breakfast food, cereal, cornflakes,
     cosmic dust, crumb, crumble, dry cereal, dust, dust ball,
     efflorescence, fallout, filings, flour, frumenty, grits, groats,
     gruel, hasty pudding, hominy grits, hot cereal, kasha, kittens,
     lint, loblolly, meal, millet, mush, oatmeal, porridge, powder,
     puffed rice, puffed wheat, pussies, raspings, rolled oats, sawdust,
     smut, soot, wheatflakes