The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mealiness \Meal"i*ness\, n. The quality or state of being mealy.
Wiktionary
n. The property of being mealy.
Usage examples of "mealiness".
It is of a dull, glaucous, or greyish-green aspect, and invested with a greasy mealiness which when touched exhales a very odious and enduring smell like that of stale salt fish, this being particularly attractive to dogs, though swine refuse the plant.
The mealiness is most apparent in the flowers and undersides of the leaves, but has not the objectionable odour of that of the Stinking Goosefoot.
The whole plant is covered with a white, greasy mealiness, giving it a grey- green appearance which when touched, gives out a very objectionable and enduring odour, like that of stale salt fish, and accounts for its common popular name: Stinking Goosefoot.