frumento

Definitions of frumento
  1. noun
    annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains
    synonyms: granaglie, grano
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    types:
    farro, spelta
    hardy wheat grown mostly in Europe for livestock feed
    type of:
    cereale
    grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet
  2. noun
    dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
    synonyms: cariosside, grano
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    types:
    granaglie
    the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal
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