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- Dictionarycereal/ˈsɪərɪəl/
noun
- 1. a grain used for food, for example wheat, maize, or rye.
- 2. a breakfast food made from roasted grain, typically eaten with milk: "a bowl of cereal"
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A cereal is a grass cultivated for its edible grain. Cereals are the world's largest crops, and are therefore staple foods. They include rice, wheat, rye, oats, barley, millet, and maize. Edible grains from other plant families, such as buckwheat and quinoa, are pseudocereals. Most cereals are annuals, producing one crop from each planting, though rice is sometimes grown as a perennial. Winter var... Wikipedia