cereal grass meaning

• Noun: cereal grass
  1. Grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet
     - cereal

  Derived forms: cereal grasses

  Type of: grass

• cereal:    Adjective: cereal& ...
• cereal bar:     noun  A ...
• cereal bowl:    Noun: cereal bowl& ...

Examples

1. the edible whole or coarsely ground grains of a cereal grass
2. a grain or seed, as of a cereal grass, enclosed in a husk
3. a small, dry, one-seeded fruit of a cereal grass, having the fruit and the seed walls united
4. Dr . Schnabel opened the door to scientific research on cereal grass.
5. Technically, the word is used to describe the edible seeds of cereal grasses.