farina Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun fine meal made from cereal grain especially wheat; often used as a cooked cereal or in puddings

WordNet

Fa*ri"na noun
Etymology
L., meal, flour, fr. far a sort of grain, spelt; akin to E. barley.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913