Defenition of the word roughage

• Defenition of the word roughage

  • Food that is high in fibre and low in digestible nutrients.
  • The portion of plant products that moves through the human digestive system without being digested.
  • coarse food high in fiber but low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates peristalsis
  • coarse, indigestible plant food low in nutrients; its bulk stimulates intestinal peristalsis

Synonyms for the word roughage

• • bran
  • cellulose
  • fiber

Similar words in the roughage

• • roughage
  • roughage's

Hyponyms for the word roughage

• • bran

Hypernyms for the word roughage

• • food product
  • foodstuff

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