 |
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Farina \Fa*ri"na\ (f[.a]*r[imac]"n[.a] or f[.a]*r[=e]"n[.a]), 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
farina
noun: fine meal made from cereal grain especially wheat; often used as a cooked cereal or in puddings
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
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
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Farina, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois Population (2000): 558 Housing Units (2000): 267 Land area (2000): 1.439631 sq. miles (3.728628 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.006989 sq. miles (0.018101 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.446620 sq. miles (3.746729 sq. km) FIPS code: 25375 Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17 Location: 38.833008 N, 88.775786 W ZIP Codes (1990): 62838 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Farina, IL Farina
 |
Definitions retrieved from local copies of the freely distributed DICT client/server software and databases. Click here for database copyright information. - KM |