Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Resembling or consisting of grain, especially wheat.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the character of or resembling wheat or other cereal.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Made of, or resembling, wheat or other grain.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Resembling or pertaining to
grain , especiallywheat .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From Late Latin frūmentāceus, from Latin frūmentum, grain.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From Late Latin frumentaceus, from Latin frumentum, grain, from the root of frux meaning fruit.
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