单词 | cereal grass |
释义 | > as lemmascereal grass cereal grass n. any of various grasses which have edible seeds and are typically cultivated as agricultural crops. ΚΠ 1822 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening iv. ii. 1367 Plants and especially the cereal grasses are said to be blasted when the seeds or ears are lank and thin. 1963 Sci. News Let. 19 Oct. 245/2 Wheat is one of the most important cereal grasses grown today, mainly because it contains basic food elements essential to human and animal nutrition, is adaptable to many climates and is easy to grow. 2011 Independent (Nexis) 25 Nov. (Features section) 52 Contrary to its name, wild rice is not actually a member of the rice family but an aquatic cereal grass native to north America. < as lemmas |
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