of, having the nature of, or like wheat or other grain
Origin of frumentaceous
Late Latin frumentaceus from Classical Latin frumentum, grain from base of frui: see fruitfrumentaceous
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frumentaceous
adjective
Resembling or consisting of grain, especially wheat.
Origin of frumentaceous
From Late Latin frūmentāceus from Latin frūmentum grainTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Adjective
(comparative more frumentaceous, superlative most frumentaceous)
Origin
From Late Latin frumentaceus, from Latin frumentum, grain, from the root of frux meaning fruit.
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