| a. | 1. | Of or pertaining to the grasses which are cultivated for their edible seeds (as wheat, maize, rice, etc.), or to their seeds or grain. |
| n. | 1. | Any grass cultivated for its edible grain, or the grain itself; - usually in the plural. |
| Noun | 1. | cereal - grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet Synonyms: cereal grass |
| 2. | cereal - foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses Synonyms: food grain, grain | |
| 3. | cereal - a breakfast food prepared from grain | |
| Adj. | 1. | cereal - made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it; "a cereal beverage"; "cereal grasses" |
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