Meanings
plural pseudocereals · alternative pseudo-cereal
- Any plant that, although not belonging to the grass family, produces seeds that are used to make flour.
Buckwheat, quinoa and amaranth are pseudocereals.
1 more example
Buckwheat is a cosmopolitan pseudocereal with limited production compared to cereals with higher yields. However, it is currently being introduced in many more countries, due to the high nutritional value of the buckwheat seed. The seeds are rich in essential amino acids, fatty acids, minerals, and vitamins B1 and B2. Buckwheat is also an important human dietary source. It is also used in honey production (possible yield is 120 to 300 kg of honey ha–1); soon after the initial stages of […]
2006, Franc Bavec, Martina Bavec, Organic Production and Use of Alternative Crops, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 65Synonyms: pseudograin
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny plant that, although not belonging to the grass family, produces seeds that are used to make flour.
Origin
- Ancient Greekψεύδω (pseúdō)
- Ancient Greekψευδής (pseudḗs)
- Middle Englishpseudo-
- Englishpseudo-
- Englishcereal
- Englishpseudocereal
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 準穀物 /准谷物, 假穀物 /假谷物
- 準穀物 /准谷物 (zhǔngǔwù)plant whose seeds are used to make flour, but which does not belong to the grass family
- 假穀物 /假谷物 (jiǎgǔwù)plant whose seeds are used to make flour, but which does not belong to the grass family
- 偽穀物 /伪谷物 (wěigǔwù)plant whose seeds are used to make flour, but which does not belong to the grass family
French pseudo-céréale
- pseudo-céréaleplant whose seeds are used to make flour, but which does not belong to the grass family
German Pseudogetreide, Scheingetreide
- Pseudogetreideplant whose seeds are used to make flour, but which does not belong to the grass family
- Scheingetreideplant whose seeds are used to make flour, but which does not belong to the grass family
Japanese 擬穀類, 擬似穀類
- 擬穀類 (gikokurui)plant whose seeds are used to make flour, but which does not belong to the grass family
- 擬似穀類 (giji kokurui)plant whose seeds are used to make flour, but which does not belong to the grass family
Polish zboże rzekome
- zboże rzekomeplant whose seeds are used to make flour, but which does not belong to the grass family
Portuguese pseudocereal
- pseudocerealplant whose seeds are used to make flour, but which does not belong to the grass family
Cite this entry
pseudocereal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudocereal
“pseudocereal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudocereal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pseudocereal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudocereal.
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