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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mealy \Meal"y\, a. [Compar. {Mealier}; superl. {Mealiest}.]
   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} (Zo["o]l.), a scale insect ({Coccus adonidum},
      and related species), covered with a white powderlike
      substance. It is a common pest in hothouses.

Source : WordNet®

mealy
     adj : composed of or covered with relatively large particles;
           "granular sugar"; "gritty sand" [syn: {farinaceous}, {coarse-grained},
            {grainy}, {granular}, {granulose}, {gritty}, {sandy}]
     [also: {mealiest}, {mealier}]

mealier
     See {mealy}
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