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ancient grain

ancient grain noun: a grain or pseudocereal purported to be minimally changed by selective breeding over recent millennia (often used in plural and in the context of marketing).

Noun

ancient grain (plural ancient grains)

  1. A grain or pseudocereal purported to be minimally changed by selective breeding over recent millennia (often used in plural and in the context of marketing)

Forms of ancient grain

pluralancient grains

Questions about ancient grain

What does ancient grain mean?
Ancient grain means a grain or pseudocereal purported to be minimally changed by selective breeding over recent millennia (often used in plural and in the context of marketing).
What part of speech is ancient grain?
Ancient grain is a noun.
What is the plural of ancient grain?
The plural of ancient grain is ancient grains.

Words near ancient grain in the dictionary

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  8. Ancient Greece
  9. Ancient Greek
  10. Ancient Greeks
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