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Farina

Fa-ri′na

(fȧ-rī′nȧ or fȧ-rē′nȧ)
,
Noun.
[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.

Definition 2024


fariña

fariña

See also: farina, fariñes, and fãrinã

Asturian

Alternative forms

Noun

fariña f (uncountable)

  1. flour

Related terms

  • fariñentu
  • fariñosu

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin farīna (flour, meal).

Noun

fariña f (uncountable)

  1. flour
  2. (informal, slang) cocaine.

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