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Having the qualities of meal; resembling meal; soft, dry, and friable; easily reduced to a condition resembling meal; as, a mealy potato.

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  1. superl. Having the qualities of meal; resembling meal; soft, dry, and friable; easily reduced to a condition resembling meal; as, a mealy potato.
  2. superl. Overspread with something that resembles meal; as, the mealy wings of an insect.
  3. adj. containing meal or made of meal
  4. adj. composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency
  5. 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.
  6. j:100 a. containing meal or made of meal