Grain crops of the world include the food grains, the coarse or feed grains, and a few minor coarse grains. The food grains include rice (Oryza sativa) and wheat (Triticum aestivum); the coarse or feed grains are barley (Hordeum vulgare), maize (Zea...

Prepared foodstuff of cereal grain. Cereals are used for both human and animal food. The first step in making cereal is milling, grinding the grain so that it can be easily processed. Modern automated systems employ steel cylinders, followed by air...

Any grass yielding starchy seeds suitable for food. The most commonly cultivated cereals are wheat, rice, rye, oats, barley, corn, and sorghum. As human food, cereals are usually marketed in raw grain form or as ingredients of food products. As animal...

(1) Individual silver particles or groups of particles in the emulsion which, when enlarged, become noticeable and sometimes objectionable. (2) A unit of weight (avoirdupois); 7000 grains equal 1 lb. The grain unit is commonly used in American and...

One grain of wheat does not fill a granary, but it helps....

Cereal crops or grains are mostly grasses cultivated for their edible grains or a fruit seeds (i.e., botanically a type of fruit called a caryopsis). Cereal grains are grown in greater quantities and provide more energy worldwide than any other type of...