Look up: cereal

1. Cereal
   A grass grown for its edible seed or grain, such as maize, wheat and rice.
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2. cereal
   [adj] - made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it 2. [n] - grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat 3. [n] - a breakfast food prepared from grain
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3. cereal
   a plant...yielding farinaceous seeds suitable for food...also the seeds or grain so produced either in their original state or commercially prepared. Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • a prepared foodstuff of grain (as oatmeal or cornflakes) used es...
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4. Cereal
   Ce're·al adjective [ Latin Cerealis pert. to Ceres, and hence, to agriculture. See Ceres .] Of or pertaining to the grasses which are cultivated for their edible seeds (as wheat, maize, rice, etc.), or to their seeds or grain.
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5. Cereal
   Ce're·al noun Any grass cultivated for its edible grain, or the grain itself; -- usually in the plural.
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6. cereal
   <botany> Those grasses which yield edible seeds commonly recognised as food grains. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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7. cereal
   adjective made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it; `a cereal beverage`; `cereal grasses`
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8. cereal
   noun a breakfast food prepared from grain
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9. cereal
   cereal grass noun grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet
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10. Cereal
    • (a.) Of or pertaining to the grasses which are cultivated for their edible seeds (as wheat, maize, rice, etc.), or to their seeds or grain. • (n.) Any grass cultivated for its edible grain, or the grain itself; -- usually in the plural.
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11. cereal
    any grass yielding starchy seeds suitable for food. The cereals most commonly cultivated are wheat, rice, rye, oats, barley, corn (maize), and ... [31 related articles]
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12. Cereal
    Cereals are grasses (members of the monocot family Poaceae, also known as Gramineae) cultivated for the edible components of their grain (botanically, a type of fruit called a caryopsis), composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran. Cereal grains are grown in greater quantities and provide more food ...
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13. Cereal
    Cereal is a term applied to Gramineae cultivated for food (wheat, barley, rye, oats &c.). The name comes from Ceres, the goddess associated with corn.
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14. cereal
    Click images to enlargeGrass grown for its edible, nutrient-rich, starchy seeds. The term refers primarily to wheat, oats, rye, and barley, but may also refer to maize (corn), millet, and rice. Cereals contain about 75% complex carbohydrates and 10% protein, plus fats and fibre (roughage). They store well. If ...
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