grain crop is a grain-producing plant. The two main types of commercial grain crops are cereals and legumes. After being harvested, dry grains are more durable...
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Cereal (redirect from Cereal grain)
A cereal is a grass cultivated for its edible grain. Cereals are the world's largest crops, and are therefore staple foods. They include rice, wheat,...
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Nutri-Grain is a brand of breakfast cereal and breakfast bar made by Kellanova. In Australia and New Zealand Nutri-Grain is a breakfast cereal made from...
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textiles, grain refers to the orientation of the weft and warp threads. The three named grains are straight grain, cross grain, and the bias grain. In sewing...
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To take something with a "grain of salt" or "pinch of salt" is an English idiom that suggests to view something, specifically claims that may be misleading...
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A whole grain is a grain of any cereal and pseudocereal that contains the endosperm, germ, and bran, in contrast to refined grains, which retain only the...
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A grain is a unit of measurement of mass, and in the troy weight, avoirdupois, and apothecaries' systems, equal to exactly 64.79891 milligrams. It is...
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basic categories of grain are straight grain and cross grain. Straight grain runs parallel to the longitudinal axis of the piece. Cross grain deviates from...
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Puffed grains are grains that have been expanded ("puffed") through processing. They have been made for centuries with the simplest methods like popping...
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a grain are Amaranthus caudatus L., Amaranthus cruentus L., and Amaranthus hypochondriacus L. The yield of grain amaranth is comparable to that of rice...
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Grain whisky normally refers to any whisky made, at least in part, from grains other than malted barley. Frequently used grains include maize, wheat,...
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Look up against the grain in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Against the Grain may refer to: Against the Grain (TV series), a 1993 American drama series...
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Grain entrapment, or grain engulfment, occurs when a person becomes submerged in grain and cannot get out without assistance. It most frequently occurs...
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A grain elevator is a facility designed to stockpile or store grain. In the grain trade, the term "grain elevator" also describes a tower containing a...
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of a grain he acquires. A grain of corn the size of a hen's egg is found and is taken to the king. The king wanted to know where such a large grain could...
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of various cereal grains, such as oats, wheat, rye, and barley. Groats are whole grains that include the cereal germ and fiber-rich bran portion of the...
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up grain, gráin, gràin, or gräin in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Grains are the seeds of arable crops or the crops bearing them. Grain or grains may...
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Grain size (or particle size) is the diameter of individual grains of sediment, or the lithified particles in clastic rocks. The term may also be applied...
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Wheat (redirect from Wheat grains)
widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain that is a staple food around the world. The many species of wheat together make up the genus Triticum...
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Rectified spirit (redirect from Grain spirit)
distilled from wine and by-products of wine production (pomace, lees). A product made from grain is "neutral grain spirit", while a spirit made from grapes...
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Isle of Grain (Old English Greon, meaning gravel) is a village and the easternmost point of the Hoo Peninsula within the district of Medway in Kent, south-east...
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A grain cradle or cradle, is a modification to a standard scythe to keep the cut grain stems aligned. The cradle scythe has an additional arrangement of...
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Grain Fort is a former artillery fort located just east of the village of Grain, Kent. It was constructed in the 1860s to defend the confluence of the...
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A Grain of Wheat is a historical novel written by Kenyan novelist Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, first published as part of the influential Heinemann African Writers...
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systems. GRAIN's work goes back to the early 1980s, when a number of activists around the world started drawing attention to the dramatic loss of genetic...
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materials science, a grain boundary is the interface between two grains, or crystallites, in a polycrystalline material. Grain boundaries are two-dimensional...
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Film grain or film granularity is the random optical texture of processed photographic film due to the presence of small particles of a metallic silver...
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In materials science, grain growth is the increase in size of grains (crystallites) in a material at high temperature. This occurs when recovery and recrystallisation...
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Peter Grain may refer to: Peter Grain (artist) (1785–1857), French-American artist Sir Peter Grain (judge) (1864–1947), British extraterritorial judge...
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Soil and grain was a common Chinese political term in the Sinosphere for the state. Shejitan, the altars of soil and grain, were constructed alongside...
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