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noun
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, especially a breakfast food.
adjective
4.
of or pertaining to grain or the plants producing it.
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Cereals
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Word Origin & History
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.
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Science Dictionary
cereal  (sîr'ē-əl) Pronunciation Key
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. |
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