(botany) Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.

(intransitive) To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen. / (intransitive) To meditate or reflect.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ruminate

(botany) ruminate

simple past tense and past participle of ruminate

In a ruminative way.

One who ruminates; one who meditates or reflects.

plural of ruminator

Of, relating to, or situated inside the rumen. / That chews the cud.

plural of rumination