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)

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Meanings

nounancient grain (plural ancient grains)

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)

Translations

French grain ancien
  • grain anciencereal or pseudocereal minimally changed by breeding
Spanish grano ancestrale
  • grano ancestralecereal or pseudocereal minimally changed by breeding
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APA

ancient grain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ancient%20grain

MLA

“ancient grain.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ancient%20grain. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ancient grain,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ancient%20grain.

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