CERE

(Fr.), n. Se2r. See CIRE. CEREyE (Lat), n. f. pi. Se(ka)'re2-e(a3-e2). Fr., cerees. Of Sprengel, a family of plants, comprising Cactus. Ribes, and Aphyteia. [B, 170.] CEREACE^E (Lat.), n. f. pi. Se(ka)-re2-a(a3)'se2(ke2)-e(a3-e2). Fr., cereacees. Of Blume, a tribe of orchids. [B. 170.] CEREAL,, adj. Se're2-a2l. Gr., fijjjurJTpios. Lat., cereal is (from Ceres, the godde of agriculture). Fr., cereale. Ger., kornfruchtig. It., cereale. Sp., c. Pertaining to edible grain: as a n., in the pi., c's, edible gramineous plants in general: of diseases, due to the ingestion of diseased or damaged grain. [B, 38, 116.] [s. 181]