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ruminate adjective. M19.
[Latin ruminatus pa. pple, formed as RUMINATE verb: see -ATE2.]
Botany. Of the endosperm of a seed, e.g. the nutmeg: having an irregular pattern of ridges and furrows, so as to appear chewed.