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wholemeal

adjective
 
/ˈhəʊl.miːl/ US  /ˈhoʊl-/ UK (mainly US wholewheat)

Definition

(of flour or food made from flour) containing all the natural features of the grain, with nothing taken away: wholemeal bread/flour/pastryFlour and yeast
(Definition of wholemeal adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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