floury

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   high in starch and tending to become dry, soft, and crumbly when cooked

   Floury potatoes make a light, fluffy mash.

2. 2
   adj

   covered or dusted with flour

   The baker wiped her floury hands on her apron.

3. 3
   adj

   resembling flour in color, texture, or powderiness

   The excavation exposed a layer of pale, floury clay.

From Middle English floury, formed from flour + -y. It is historically and semantically distinct from flowery, although the two forms have sometimes overlapped in spelling.

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