Relating to cereals or cereal crops, especially grains like wheat, oats, barley, or rice.
From Latin 'cerealis' (relating to grain), derived from Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture and harvests. This adjective meaning 'grain-related' evolved from the goddess's association with agriculture.
Ceres the goddess literally gave her name to cereals, and then to breakfast cereal—so when you eat breakfast, you're honoring a 2,000-year-old Roman deity without knowing it!
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