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Roughage Moderate

Origin: French suffix -age

Roughage has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis

2

dietary fibre

See Also
dietary fibre nonroughage coarse
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
foodstuff
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
bran
Rhyming Words
age sage tage rage wage aage mage yage lage cage gage page nage kage swage adage plage brage phage stage
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