Farina, a Latin term for meal or flour. It is also frequently extended to many substances which agree with the meal of the corn-plants or Cerealia in containing much starch; and food made of such substances is often called farinaceous. In South America the name is commonly applied to the meal of the cassava.
Fossil farina, mountain milk, or Agaric mineral, is a deposit of silicified animalcules, obtained from China, &c. In 100 parts it contains of silica 50½, alumina 26½, magnesia 9, water and organic matter 13, with traces of lime and oxide of iron.