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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