"pityroid" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more pityroid [comparative], most pityroid [superlative]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek [Term?] (“bran”) + -oid. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|||bran}} Ancient Greek [Term?] (“bran”), {{af|en|-oid}} -oid Head templates: {{en-adj}} pityroid (comparative more pityroid, superlative most pityroid)
  1. Having the form of, or resembling, bran. Categories (lifeform): Grains

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