farinaceous

• The result is, they know but little of farinaceous or vegetable food. —  Oowikapun How the Gospel Reached the Nelson River Indians
• All farinaceous (starchy) preparations, such as hominy, rice, tapioca, arrowroot, sago and vermicelli Vegetables: Potatoes, turnips, parsnips, squashes, vegetable-marrows of all kinds, beets, common artichokes Liquids: Beer, sparkling wine of all sorts and the sweet aerated drinks Medicines. —  Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada
• (See Botanic Garden, Part I. additional note on vegetable placentation These vessels, when the warmth of the vernal sun hatches the young bud, serve it with a saccharine nutriment, till it acquires leaves of its own, and shoots a new system of absorbents down the bark and root of the tree, just as the farinaceous or oily matter in seeds, and the saccharine matter in fruits, serve their embryons with nutriment, till they acquire leaves and roots. —  Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life
• The failure of the potato crop in various parts of the world for several years past has engaged the attention of scientific and practical men Unfortunately, the nature of the blight which has seized upon this tuber has eluded the most careful inquiries; but it has been shown by well-conducted analyses that potatoes at their late prices are the most expensive kind of farinaceous food. —  The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise ; Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, ;c.; of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, ;c;.
• About 20,000 acres are under cultivation with rye in Ireland, the produce of which is 100,000 quarters BUCKWHEAT Buckwheat belongs to the temperate and arctic climates, and is cultivated in Northern Europe, Asia, and America for the farinaceous albumen of its seeds, which, when properly cooked, affords a delicious article of food to a large portion of the human race. —  The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise ; Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, ;c.; of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, ;c;.

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