mediterranean Definition

of, relating to, or characteristic of the Mediterranean Sea

of, relating to, or characteristic of the peoples, lands, or cultures bordering the Mediterranean Sea

enclosed or nearly enclosed with land

a diet typical of many Mediterranean countries (such as Italy and Spain) that consists mainly of cereals, grains, vegetables, beans, fruits, and nuts along with moderate amounts of fish, cheese, olive oil, and wine and little red meat

a small largely gray and black nearly cosmopolitan pyralid moth (Anagasta kuehniella) whose larva destroys processed grain products

a small widely distributed yellowish-brown dipteran fly (Ceratitis capitata) with a banded abdomen whose larva lives and feeds in ripening fruit —called also medfly

sea 2300 miles (3700 kilometers) long between Europe and Africa connecting with the Atlantic through the Strait of Gibraltar and with the Red Sea through the Suez Canal