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Webster 1913 Edition
Cereal
Ce′re-al
,Adj.
[L.
Cerealis
pert. to Ceres, and hence, to agriculture. See Ceres
.] Of or pertaining to the grasses which are cultivated for their edible seeds (as wheat, maize, rice, etc.), or to their seeds or grain.
Ce′re-al
Noun.
Any grass cultivated for its edible grain, or the grain itself; – usually in the plural.
2.
The cereals.
Crabb.