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Detailed illustration of the different parts constituting a wheat kernel. The germ of a cereal grain is the part that develops into a plant; [1] it is the seed embryo. [2] Along with bran, germ is often a by-product of the milling [3] that produces refined grain products.
Grains are the harvested seed of food crops. For grains that are also cereals (members of the Poaceae) see Category:Cereals; Grain legumes are those plants used as food in the form of unripe pods, immature seed or mature dry seed, directly or indirectly, see Category:Edible legumes
A 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 than other staple foods , such as starchy fruits ( plantains , breadfruit , etc.) and tubers ( sweet potatoes , cassava , and more).
Sorghum bicolor, commonly called sorghum [2] (/ ˈ s ɔːr ɡ ə m /) and also known as great millet, [3] broomcorn, [4] guinea corn, [5] durra, [6] imphee, [7] jowar, [8] or milo, [9] is a species in the grass genus Sorghum cultivated for its grain. The grain is used as food by humans, while the plant is used for animal feed and ethanol ...
Maize is a grain, and the kernels are used in cooking as a vegetable or a source of starch. The kernels can be of various colors: blackish, bluish-gray, purple, green, red, white and yellow. The kernel of maize consists of a pericarp (fruit wall) fused to the seed coat. This type of fruit is typical of the grasses and is called a caryopsis.
The fear of carbohydrates, and particularly grains, is still going strong, with many people believing that eating foods like bread, pasta and rice will lead to weight gain, high blood sugar levels ...
Threshing of grain in ancient Egypt. Wheat, barley, rye, and oats were gathered and eaten in the Fertile Crescent during the early Neolithic.Cereal grains 19,000 years old have been found at the Ohalo II site in Israel, with charred remnants of wild wheat and barley.
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