单词 | frumentaceous |
释义 | frumentaceousadj. Of the nature of or resembling wheat or other cereals. Botany (see quot. 1841). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > corn, cereals, or grain > [adjective] frumentaceous1668 frumental1670 frumentarious1670 cerealiousa1682 grainy1755 cereal1818 cerealian1849 cerealic1881 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [adjective] frumentaceous1668 frumentarious1670 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 70 Frumentaceous; Such whose seed is used by men for food. 1721–92 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Frumentaceous plants. 1841 S. Maunder Sci. & Lit. Treasury Frumentaceous, in botany an epithet for plants that have their stalks pointed, and their leaves like reeds, bearing their seed in ears, like corn. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1668 |
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