Mealy
Pronunciation : Meal"y
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : 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?l.), a scale insect (Coccus adonidum, and related species), covered with a white powderlike substance. It is a common pest in hothouses.
[Compar. Mealier; superl. Mealiest.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913