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pseudocereal

[ soo-doh-seer-ee-uhl ]
/ ˈsu doʊˌsɪər i əl /

noun

any of several plants, as buckwheat and quinoa, that produce fruits and seeds used as flour but are not of the grass family.

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Origin of pseudocereal

First recorded in 1965–70; pseudo- + cereal

Words nearby pseudocereal

pseudobulbar, pseudobulbar paralysis, pseudocarp, pseudocartilage, pseudocast, pseudocereal, pseudochancre, pseudocholinesterase deficiency, pseudochorea, pseudochromesthesia, pseudochromhidrosis
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