farina

noun
UK /fəˈriːnə/
US /fəˈriːnə/

Farina is a soft, powdery food made from grains like wheat, often cooked into a warm cereal.

For breakfast, Grandma cooked a bowl of farina with milk and honey.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A fine meal or flour made from the starchy part of cereal grains, used in baking and cooking.

The recipe calls for a cup of farina to thicken the soup.

3. In botany, a powdery substance such as pollen or the mealy coating on some plants.

The bee collected farina from the flowers.

4. A hot breakfast cereal made by boiling farina in milk or water.

He likes his farina sweetened with brown sugar.