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frumentaceous

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fru⋅men⋅ta⋅ceous

  [froo-muhn-tey-shuhs]
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–adjective
of the nature of or resembling wheat or other grain.
Origin:
1660–70; < LL frūmentāceus of corn or grain, equiv. to L frūment(um) grain + -āceus -aceous
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fru·men·ta·ceous   (frōō'mən-tā'shəs, -měn-)   
adj.  Resembling or consisting of grain, especially wheat.

[From Late Latin frūmentāceus, from Latin frūmentum, grain.]
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