farinaceous

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Baked spaghetti and macaroni dishes are almost impossible to make, because farinaceous foods are either unobtainable or rationed to near zero.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Pumblechook’s premises in the High Street of the market town, were of a peppercorny and farinaceous character, as the premises of a cornchandler and seedsman should be.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

The colonel’s ponderous, farinaceous cheeks were tinted suddenly with glowing patches of enthusiasm.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

The best Diet would be that of farinaceous mealy Soups, made of various leguminous Grains, and of Milk and Water, which is much better than the usual Custom of swallowing different Oils.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)

Sago, sā′go, n. a nutritive farinaceous substance produced from the pith of several East Indian palms.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various