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frumentaceous的意思

frumentaceous

英 ['fruːmen'teɪʃəs]
  • adj.
    • (似)小麦(或其他谷类)的
    • 小麦制的,谷类(制)的

frumentaceous

英文词源


frumentaceous (adj.)
1660s, from Late Latin frumentaceus "of grain," from frumentum "grain, corn," related to frui "to use, enjoy" (see fruit). Hence also frumenty "potage of boiled hulled grain mixed with milk and sweetened" (late 14c.), from Old French frumentee, Medieval Latin frumenticium.