grain

Definition

The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.

Etymology

From Middle English greyn, grayn, grein, from Old French grain, grein, from Latin grānum (“seed”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain”). Doublet of corn, gram, granum, and grao.

Example Sentences

• "We stored a thousand tons of grain for the winter."
• "a grain of wheat"
• "grains of oat"

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