"ancient grain" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ancient grains [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ancient grain (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) Categories (lifeform): Grains Translations (cereal or pseudocereal minimally changed by breeding): grain ancien (French), grano ancestrale (Spanish)

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