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ROUGHAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis
Synonyms:
fiber; roughage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("roughage" is a kind of...):
food product; foodstuff (a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "roughage"):
bran (food prepared from the husks of cereal grains)
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