mealy

 
Pronunciation: /ˈmiːli/

adjective (mealier, mealiest)

  • resembling or containing meal: a mealy flavour mealy puddings
  • (of a person’s complexion, an animal’s muzzle, or a bird’s plumage) pale: in its dark colour and mealy muzzle the Exmoor pony resembles the tarpan
  • (of part of a plant or fungus) covered with granules resembling meal: mealy leaves

Derivatives

mealiness

noun