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ce·re·al 
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| 1. | any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn. |
| 2. | the grain itself. |
| 3. | some edible preparation of it, esp. a breakfast food. |
| 4. | of or pertaining to grain or the plants producing it. |
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adj. Consisting of or relating to grain or to a plant producing grain. [From Latin cereālis, of grain, from Cerēs, Ceres; see ker-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
cereal
1832, "grass yielding edible grain," originally an adj. (1818), from Fr. céréale, from L. Cerealis "of grain," originally "of Ceres," from Ceres, Roman goddess of agriculture, from PIE base *ker-, *kre- "to grow." The application to breakfast food is Amer.Eng. 1899.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
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| 1. | made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it; "a cereal beverage"; "cereal grasses" |
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| 1. | grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet |
| 2. | foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses [syn: grain] |
| 3. | a breakfast food prepared from grain |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
cereal1 [ˈsiəriəl] noun
a kind of grain used as food
Example: Wheat and barley are cereals; (also adjective) cereal crops
cereal2 [ˈsiəriəl] nounExample: Wheat and barley are cereals; (also adjective) cereal crops
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a type of breakfast food prepared from such grain
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
| cereal
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A grass, such as corn, rice, sorghum, or wheat, whose starchy grains are used as food. Cereals are annual plants, and cereal crops must be reseeded for each growing season. Cereal grasses were domesticated during the Neolithic Period and formed the basis of early agriculture. |
| The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
Cereal
Ce"re*al\, a. [L. 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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Cereal
Ce"re*al\ n. Any grass cultivated for its edible grain, or the grain itself; -- usually in the plural.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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