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Cereal
Cereal Ce"re*al n.
Any grass cultivated for its edible grain, or the grain
itself; -- usually in the plural.
CerealCereal Ce"re*al, a. [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. CerealiaCerealia Ce`re*a"li*a, n. pl. [L. See Cereal.]
1. (Antiq.) Public festivals in honor of Ceres.
2. The cereals. --Crabb. Cerealin
Cerealin Ce"re*a*lin, n. (Chem.)
A nitrogenous substance closely resembling diastase, obtained
from bran, and possessing the power of converting starch into
dextrin, sugar, and lactic acid. --Watts.
Gelechia cerealellaAngoumois moth An`gou`mois" moth" (?; 115). [So named from
Angoumois in France.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small moth (Gelechia cerealella) which is very
destructive to wheat and other grain. The larva eats out the
interior of the grain, leaving only the shell. Thrips cerealiumWheat Wheat (hw[=e]t), n. [OE. whete, AS. hw[=ae]te; akin to
OS. hw[=e]ti, D. weit, G. weizen, OHG. weizzi, Icel. hveiti,
Sw. hvete, Dan. hvede, Goth. hwaiteis, and E. white. See
White.] (Bot.)
A cereal grass (Triticum vulgare) and its grain, which
furnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the
grain most largely used by the human race.
Note: Of this grain the varieties are numerous, as red wheat,
white wheat, bald wheat, bearded wheat, winter wheat,
summer wheat, and the like. Wheat is not known to exist
as a wild native plant, and all statements as to its
origin are either incorrect or at best only guesses.
Buck wheat. (Bot.) See Buckwheat.
German wheat. (Bot.) See 2d Spelt.
Guinea wheat (Bot.), a name for Indian corn.
Indian wheat, or Tartary wheat (Bot.), a grain
(Fagopyrum Tartaricum) much like buckwheat, but only
half as large.
Turkey wheat (Bot.), a name for Indian corn.
Wheat aphid, or Wheat aphis (Zo["o]l.), any one of
several species of Aphis and allied genera, which suck the
sap of growing wheat.
Wheat beetle. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small, slender, rusty brown beetle (Sylvanus
Surinamensis) whose larv[ae] feed upon wheat, rice, and
other grains.
(b) A very small, reddish brown, oval beetle (Anobium
paniceum) whose larv[ae] eat the interior of grains of
wheat.
Wheat duck (Zo["o]l.), the American widgeon. [Western U.
S.]
Wheat fly. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Wheat midge, below.
Wheat grass (Bot.), a kind of grass (Agropyrum caninum)
somewhat resembling wheat. It grows in the northern parts
of Europe and America.
Wheat jointworm. (Zo["o]l.) See Jointworm.
Wheat louse (Zo["o]l.), any wheat aphid.
Wheat maggot (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a wheat midge.
Wheat midge. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small two-winged fly (Diplosis tritici) which is very
destructive to growing wheat, both in Europe and America.
The female lays her eggs in the flowers of wheat, and the
larv[ae] suck the juice of the young kernels and when
full grown change to pup[ae] in the earth.
(b) The Hessian fly. See under Hessian.
Wheat moth (Zo["o]l.), any moth whose larv[ae] devour the
grains of wheat, chiefly after it is harvested; a grain
moth. See Angoumois Moth, also Grain moth, under
Grain.
Wheat thief (Bot.), gromwell; -- so called because it is a
troublesome weed in wheat fields. See Gromwell.
Wheat thrips (Zo["o]l.), a small brown thrips (Thrips
cerealium) which is very injurious to the grains of
growing wheat.
Wheat weevil. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The grain weevil.
(b) The rice weevil when found in wheat. Thrips cerealiumThrips Thrips, n. [L., a woodworm, Gr. ?.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous small species of Thysanoptera, especially
those which attack useful plants, as the grain thrips
(Thrips cerealium).
Note: The term is also popularly applied to various other
small injurious insects. Thrips cerealiumPungled Pun"gled, a. [Etymol. uncertain.]
Shriveled or shrunken; -- said especially of grain which has
lost its juices from the ravages of insects, such as the
wheat midge, or Trips (Thrips cerealium).
Meaning of Cerea from wikipedia
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Cerea is a town and
comune in the
province of Verona, Veneto,
northern Italy. From 923 AD
until 1223
Cerea was a
castrum (fortification). On 1223 Cerea...
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Peziza cerea,
commonly known as the
Cellar Cup is a
species of
ascomycete fungus in the
genus Peziza,
family Pezizaceae. In
common with
other ascomycetes...
- Look up
cerea in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Cerea is a town in the
region of
Veneto in Italy.
Cerea, waxy in Latin, may
refer to:
Cerea (Crete)...
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Tabernaemontana cerea is a
species of
plant in the
family Apocynaceae. It is
found in Venezuela, Guyana, and Suriname.
Tabernaemontana cerea at www.theplantlist...
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Naudedrillia cerea is a
species of sea snail, a
marine gastropod mollusk in the
family Pseudomelatomidae, the
turrids and allies. This
marine species...
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Cerea is a
railway station in Italy.
Located on the Mantua-Monselice
railway and Verona-Rovigo railway, it
serves the town of
Cerea in the
province of...
- Waxy
flexibility is one of the
twelve symptoms that can lead to the
diagnosis of catatonia. It is a
psychomotor symptom that
results in a
decreased response...
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Xenophora cerea is a
species of
large sea snail, a
marine gastropod mollusc in the
family Xenophoridae, the
carrier s****.
Xenophora cerea (Reeve, 1845)...
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Mirabelle plum (Prunus
domestica subsp. syriaca) is a
cultivar group of plum
trees of the
genus Prunus. It is
believed that the plum was
cultivated from...
- now-invalid
junior synonyms:
Galleria austrina Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875
Galleria cerea Haworth, 1811 (unjustified emendation)
Galleria cerealis Hübner, 1825 (unjustified...
