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food grain

DEFINITIONS OF: food grain

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n foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses

Synonyms:
cereal, grain
Types:
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corn, edible corn
ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food
grist
grain intended to be or that has been ground
groats
the hulled and crushed grain of various cereals
millet
small seed of any of various annual cereal grasses especially Setaria italica
barley, barleycorn
a grain of barley
buckwheat
grain ground into flour
wheat, wheat berry
grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour
oat
seed of the annual grass Avena sativa (spoken of primarily in the plural as `oats')
rice
grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
Indian rice, wild rice
grains of aquatic grass of North America
malt
a cereal grain (usually barley) that is kiln-dried after having been germinated by soaking in water; used especially in brewing and distilling
green corn, sweet corn
corn that can be eaten as a vegetable while still young and soft
hominy
hulled corn with the bran and germ removed
popcorn
small kernels of corn exploded by heat
pearl barley
barley ground into small round pellets
bulghur, bulgur, bulgur wheat
parched crushed wheat
cracked wheat
grains of wheat that have been crushed into small pieces
brown rice
unpolished rice retaining the yellowish-brown outer layer
polished rice, white rice
having husk or outer brown layers removed
paddy
rice in the husk either gathered or still in the field
wort
unfermented or fermenting malt
Type of:
food product, foodstuff
a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food
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