cereal Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet
cereal grass.
noun foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
food grain; grain.
noun a breakfast food prepared from grain
adjective made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it
- a cereal beverage
- cereal grasses

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.

Any grass cultivated for its edible grain, or the grain itself; -- usually in the plural.