pseudocereal
See also: pseudo-cereal
English
Alternative forms
- pseudo-cereal
Etymology
pseudo- + cereal
Noun
pseudocereal (plural pseudocereals)
- Any plant that, although not belonging to the grass family, produces seeds that are used to make flour.
- Hyponyms: buckwheat, quinoa, amaranth
- 2006, Franc Bavec; Martina Bavec, Organic Production and Use of Alternative Crops, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 65:
- Buckwheat is a cosmopolitan pseudocereal with limited production compared to cereals with higher yields. However, it is currently being introduced in many more countries, due to the high nutritional value of the buckwheat seed. The seeds are rich in essential amino acids, fatty acids, minerals, and vitamins B1 and B2. Buckwheat is also an important human dietary source. It is also used in honey production (possible yield is 120 to 300 kg of honey ha–1); soon after the initial stages of […]
- Buckwheat, quinoa and amaranth are pseudocereals.
Translations
plant whose seeds are used to make flour, but which does not belong to the grass family
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Further reading
pseudocereal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /piˌsew.du.se.ɾeˈaw/ [piˌseʊ̯.du.se.ɾeˈaʊ̯], /piˌsew.do.se.ɾeˈaw/ [piˌseʊ̯.do.se.ɾeˈaʊ̯], /ˌpsew.du.se.ɾeˈaw/ [ˌpseʊ̯.du.se.ɾeˈaʊ̯], /ˌpsew.do.se.ɾeˈaw/ [ˌpseʊ̯.do.se.ɾeˈaʊ̯]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌpsew.do.se.ɾeˈaw/ [ˌpseʊ̯.do.se.ɾeˈaʊ̯], /piˌsew.do.se.ɾeˈaw/ [piˌseʊ̯.do.se.ɾeˈaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌpsew.dɔ.sɨˈɾjal/ [ˌpsew.ðɔ.sɨˈɾjaɫ]
Noun
pseudocereal m (plural pseudocereais)
- pseudocereal (plant whose seeds are used to make flour, but which does not belong to the grass family)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /seudoθeɾeˈal/ [seu̯.ð̞o.θe.ɾeˈal]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /seudoseɾeˈal/ [seu̯.ð̞o.se.ɾeˈal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: pseu‧do‧ce‧re‧al
Noun
pseudocereal m (plural pseudocereales)
- pseudocereal