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frumentaceous, a.|fruːmənˈteɪʃəs|
[f. late L. frūmentāce-us (f. L. frūmentum corn) + -ous.]
Of the nature of or resembling wheat or other cereals. Bot. (see quot. 1841).
1668Wilkins Real Char. 70 Frumentaceous; Such whose seed is used by men for food. 1721–92Bailey, Frumentaceous plants. 1841Maunder Sci. & Lit. Treas., Frumentaceous, in botany an epithet for plants that have their stalks pointed, and their leaves like reeds, bearing their seed in ears, like corn. |