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Adjective: farinaceous  `fa-ru'ney-shus
  1. Resembling starch
    - starchlike, amylaceous, amyloid, amyloidal
     
  2. Composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency
    "the photographs were farinaceous and indistinct"
    - coarse-grained, grainy, granular, granulose, gritty, mealy

See also: coarse, harsh, starchy

Encyclopedia: Farinaceous