Definition of "farinha" [farinha]

• In Guiana and the West Indies, cassava meal. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Woolfe and Woolfe (15) presented an outline on the preparation of Farinha puba, which is also known as farinha de mandioca in Brazil."
• "The chief produce is called farinha: the slaves are fed almost entirely on it."
• "Yet it is mentioned by all old travellers, and the sweet harmless variety gives very poor "farinha," Anglicè "wood meal.""