wholegrain

wholegrain

English

Alternative forms

• whole grain
• whole-grain

Etymology

whole +‎ grain

Noun

wholegrain (plural wholegrains)

1. A cereal grain that contains cereal germ, endosperm, and bran, in contrast to refined grains, which retain only the endosperm.
   • 2009, January 25, “By Joanna Hall”, in Teen tips for healthy eating‎:

     Best sources lean red meat, poultry, fish, dark green, leafy vegetables and wholegrain cereals.

Synonyms

• whole (adjective)
• wholemeal (adjective)
• whole-wheat (adjective)

Translations

cereal grain that contains germ, endosperm, and bran

Chinese: Mandarin: 全麥 (zh), 全麦 (zh) (quánmài) Czech: celozrnný (adjective) Dutch: volkoren (nl) (adjective) Finnish: täysjyvä French: entier (fr) (adjective), grain entier m German: Vollkorn (de) n

Hungarian: teljes kiőrlésű, korpás (hu) (adjective) Italian: integrale (it) (adjective) Japanese: 全粒 (ぜんりゅう, zenryū) Romanian: integral (ro) (adjective) Russian: це́льное зерно́ n (célʹnoje zernó), цельнозерново́й (ru) (celʹnozernovój) (adjective), це́льный (ru) (célʹnyj) (adjective) Spanish: integral (es) (adjective) Swedish: fullkorn (sv), fullkorns-