MEALY

mealy. Mealy, a. dusted with meal, soft, pulpy

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Meal″y (?), a. [Compar. Mealier (?); superl. Mealiest.] 1. 1. Having the qualities of meal; resembling meal; soft, dry, and friable; easily reduced to a condition resembling meal; as, a mealy potato.
2. 2. Overspread with something that resembles meal; as, the mealy wings of an insect. Shak.
Mealy bug (Zoöl.), a scale insect (Coccus adonidum, and related species), covered with a white powderlike substance. It is a common pest in hothouses.