About The Word Mealy
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Mealy
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What's The Definition Of Mealy?
[adj] composed of or covered with relatively large particles; "granular sugar"; "gritty sand"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Mealy: coarse | coarse-grained | farinaceous | grainy | granular | granulose | gritty | sandy Related Terms | Find terms related to Mealy: achromatic | achromic | anemic | ashen | ashy | bled white | bloodless | branny | cadaverous | chalklike | chalky | chloranemic | colorless | comminute | comminuted | crushed | dead | deadly pale | deathly pale | detrital | detrited | dim | dimmed | dingy | discolored | disintegrated | dull | dusty | efflorescent | etiolated | exsanguinated | exsanguine | exsanguineous | faded | faint | fallow | farinaceous | fine | flaky | flat | floury | furfuraceous | ghastly | gone to dust | grated | gray | ground | haggard | hueless | hypochromic | impalpable | lackluster | leaden | levigated | livid | lurid | lusterless | mat | milled | muddy | neutral | pale | pale as death | pale-faced | pallid | pasty | pestled | powdered | powdery | pulverant | pulverized | pulverulent | reduced to powder | sallow | scaly | scobicular | scobiform | scurfy | sharded | shredded | sickly | tallow-faced | toneless | triturated | uncolored | wan | washed-out | waxen | weak | whey-faced | white See Also | Mealy In Webster's Dictionary \Meal"y\, a. [Compar. {Mealier}; superl. {Mealiest}.]
1. Having the qualities of meal; resembling meal; soft, dry,
and friable; easily reduced to a condition resembling
meal; as, a mealy potato.
2. Overspread with something that resembles meal; as, the
mealy wings of an insect. --Shak.
{Mealy bug} (Zo["o]l.), a scale insect ({Coccus adonidum},
and related species), covered with a white powderlike
substance. It is a common pest in hothouses.
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