Cereal+grain
11cereal — [sir′ē əl] adj. [< L Cerealis, of CERES, goddess of agriculture < IE base * k̑er , * k̑rē , to grow: see CREATE] of grain or the grasses producing grain n. 1. any grain used for food, as wheat, oats, or rice 2. any grass producing such… …
12Grain (disambiguation) — Grain refers to course particles (e.g. grain of sand , grain of salt ): *Grain is the small, hard, fruits or seeds of arable crops. Commonly grasses (see caryopsis, Cereals). *Film grain, the gritty texture sometimes apparent on images produced… …
13Cereal cyst nematode — (CNN) [1] (syn. Cereal root eelworm and Oat cyst nematode) is a plant pest caused by Heterodera avenae, Heterodera bifenestra, Heterodera hordecalis, Heterodera latipons, and Heterodera gotland in the following hosts: Avena sativa, Hordeum… …
14Cereal — Ce re*al n. Any grass cultivated for its edible grain, or the grain itself; usually in the plural. [1913 Webster] || …
15cereal — [n] edible grain bran, breakfast food, corn, grain, oats, rice, rye, wheat; concepts 428,831 …
16grain — [n1] seed, piece atom, bit, cereal, corn, crumb, drop, fragment, granule, grist, iota, jot, kernel, mite, modicum, molecule, morsel, mote, ounce, particle, pellet, scintilla, scrap, scruple, smidgen, spark, speck, tittle, trace, whit; concepts… …
17Cereal — Ce re*al, a. [L. Cerealis pert. to Ceres, and hence, to agriculture. See {Ceres}.] Of or pertaining to the grasses which are cultivated for their edible seeds (as wheat, maize, rice, etc.), or to their seeds or grain. [1913 Webster] …
18cereal processing — Introduction treatment of cereals (cereal) and other plants to prepare their starch for human food, animal feed, or industrial use. Nutrient composition of selected raw cereal grains (per 100 grams)Cereals, or grains, are members of… …
19Cereal germ — The germ of a cereal is the reproductive part that germinates to grow into a plant;[1] it is the embryo[2] of the seed. Along with bran, germ is often a by product of the milling[3] that produces r …
20grain — 1. Cereal plants, such as corn, wheat, or rye, or a seed of one of them. 2. A minute, hard particle of any substance, as of sand. 3. (gr) A unit of weight, 160 dram (apoth. or troy), 1437.5 avoirdupois ounce, 1480 troy …
