fa|ri|na

fa|ri|na «fuh REE nuh», noun.

1. a flour or meal made from grain, potatoes, beans, nuts, or starchy root, and used especially as cereal or in puddings.

2. starch.

3. a coarse, white corn meal.

4. Biology. a mealy, powdery substance, such as the pollen of flowers or the powder found on certain insects.

╂[< Latin farīna < far, farris grits, spelt]