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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Farina \Fa*ri"na\ (f[.a]*r[imac]"n[.a] or f[.a]*r[=e]"n[.a]), n.
     [L., meal, flour, fr. far a sort of grain, spelt; akin to E.
     barley.]
     1. A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the
        starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various
        processes, and used in cookery.


        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Bot.) Pollen. [R.] --Craig.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  farina
       n : fine meal made from cereal grain especially wheat; often
           used as a cooked cereal or in puddings

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "farina":
     air pollution, attritus, bran, breakfast food, cereal, cornflakes,
     cosmic dust, crumb, crumble, dry cereal, dust, dust ball,
     efflorescence, fallout, filings, flour, frumenty, grits, groats,
     gruel, hasty pudding, hominy grits, hot cereal, kasha, kittens,
     lint, loblolly, meal, millet, mush, oatmeal, porridge, powder,
     puffed rice, puffed wheat, pussies, raspings, rolled oats, sawdust,
     smut, soot, wheatflakes
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Farina, IL (village, FIPS 25375)
    Location: 38.83170 N, 88.77784 W
    Population (1990): 575 (254 housing units)
    Area: 3.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 62838

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Farina, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
     Population (2000):    558
     Housing Units (2000): 267
     Land area (2000):     1.439631 sq. miles (3.728628 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.006989 sq. miles (0.018101 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.446620 sq. miles (3.746729 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            25375
     Located within:       Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
     Location:             38.833008 N, 88.775786 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     62838
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Farina, IL
      Farina
  

















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