MEALY

farinaceous, coarse-grained, grainy, granular, granulose, gritty, mealy

(adjective) composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency; “granular sugar”; “the photographs were grainy and indistinct”; “it left a mealy residue”

mealy

(adjective) containing meal or made of meal

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

mealy (comparative mealier, superlative mealiest)

Resembling meal (the foodstuff).

Anagrams

• Lamey, Lemay, Maley, Mayle, amyle, yealm

Proper noun

Mealy (plural Mealys)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mealy is the 19747^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1364 individuals. Mealy is most common among White (70.23%) and Black/African American (23.83%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Lamey, Lemay, Maley, Mayle, amyle, yealm

Source: Wiktionary

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 (Zoöl.), a scale insect (Coccus adonidum, and related species), covered with a white powderlike substance. It is a common pest in hothouses.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition