a. [f. late L. frūmentāce-us (f. L. frūmentum corn) + -OUS.] Of the nature of or resembling wheat or other cereals. Bot. (see quot. 1841).

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1668.  Wilkins, Real Char., 70. Frumentaceous; Such whose seed is used by men for food.

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1721–92.  Bailey, Frumentaceous plants.

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1841.  Maunder, Sci. & Lit. Treas., Frumentaceous, in botany, an epithet for plants that have their stalks pointed, and their leaves like reeds, bearing their seeds in ears, like corn.

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