See Also: roughage(medicine)
roughage(dictionary)
roughage(dictionary)

roughage (iou)



roughage noun. L19.
[from ROUGH adjective + -AGE.]
The unused or refuse part of a crop; rough grass or weeds. dial., US, & NZ. L19.
The fibrous matter in vegetable foodstuffs which aids digestion though itself indigestible. E20.
fig.: C. S. Lewis There is no roughage in a Kipling storyit is all unrelieved vitamins.