2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mealy \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
mealy
adj : composed of or covered with relatively large particles;
"granular sugar"; "gritty sand" [syn: {farinaceous}, {coarse-grained},
{grainy}, {granular}, {granulose}, {gritty}, {sandy}]
more about mealy
browse words by letter
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z
or search
thesauri
dictionary
search words
|
Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
|
