Degerminator

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A device that separates the germ from the husk of a cereal grain.

    "The grains are then broken up in the degerminator, usually an impact mill."

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"The grains are then broken up in the degerminator, usually an impact mill."

Etymology

From de- + germinate + -or.

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