a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds; equal to 50 milligrams or 1/4 carat
quantity noun (quantities and units of measure)
metric grains
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"scarlet dye made from insects" (late 12th century in surnames), from Old French...
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grasses cultivated for the edible components of their grain, composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran. Cereal grains are grown in greater quantities and provide more food energy worldwide than any other type of crop; they are therefore staple crops... (40 of 1358 words, 3 images)
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refers to coarse particles: Food grains, the small, hard, fruits or seeds of arable crops or the crops bearing these fruits or seeds. Includes the: cereal grains (caryopsis of grass plants) | pseudocereals: starchy grains produced by broadleaf plants; ... (38 of 290 words, 17 definitions)
[uncountable] The harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley. | [countable] A single seed of grain. | [countable, uncountable] The crops from which grain is harvested. | [uncountable] A linear texture of a material or ... (36 of 189 words, 13 definitions, 6 usage examples, pronunciation, 2 images)
the small hard seedlike fruit of a grass, especially a cereal plant | a mass of such fruits, especially when gathered for food | the plants, ... (24 of 618 words, 31 definitions, 10 usage examples, pronunciation)
[uncountable] wheat or any other cultivated cereal used as food. | the seeds of wheat or other cultivated cereals. | a single fruit or seed of a ... (25 of 601 words, 22 definitions, 8 usage examples, pronunciations)
[obsolete] a single small hard seed ; a seed or fruit of a cereal grass; ... | a small hard particle or crystal ; any of the particles produced in a ... (30 of 476 words, 8 definitions, 4 usage examples, pronunciations)
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"ingrain" | to form into "grains"; "granulate" | to paint in imitation of the grain of wood or stone | to feed with grain | to become granular; ... (24 of 50 words, 5 definitions)
a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet. | the gathered seed of food plants, ... (26 of 421 words, 27 definitions, 8 usage examples, pronunciation)
A small, dry, one-seeded fruit of a cereal grass, having the fruit and the seed walls united | The fruits of cereal grasses especially after having ... (25 of 316 words, 24 definitions, 7 usage examples, pronunciation)
a small, hard seed or seedlike fruit, especially that of any cereal plant, as wheat, rice, corn, rye, etc. | : also called corn in Great Britain ; ... (27 of 277 words, 13 definitions, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
in agriculture, term referring to the caryopsis, or dry fruit, of a cereal grass. The term is also applied to the seedlike fruits of buckwheat and of ... (27 of 270 words)
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principal system of weights and measures used in a few nations, the only major industrial one being the United States. It actually consists of two ... (25 of 79 words)
[uncountable] the seeds from crops such as wheat, rice, or barley that are ... | [countable] a very small individual piece of a substance such as ... (25 of 167 words, 5 definitions, 6 usage examples, pronunciation)
unit of weight equal to 0.065 gram, or 1/7,000 pound avoirdupois. One of the earliest units of common measure and the smallest, ... (22 of 138 words)
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in metallurgy, any of the crystallites of varying, randomly distributed, small sizes that compose a solid metal. Randomly oriented, the grains contact ... (22 of 95 words)
(a) seed from a plant, especially a plant like a grass such as rice or wheat (16 of 49 words, 2 usage examples, pronunciation)
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a very small piece of a hard substance | [singular] a very small amount of a particular quality (17 of 51 words, 2 definitions, 3 usage examples, pronunciation)
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the pattern of extremely small spots of black and white or colour, or any of the separate spots, which form a photographic or film image (25 of 36 words, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
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the natural patterns of lines in the surface of wood or cloth (12 of 26 words, 1 usage example, pronunciation)
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a unit of mass, equal to 0.0648 grams (8 of 17 words, pronunciation)
cereal crops | a small hard seed | a tiny individual piece of something such as sand or salt | a tiny amount of something | the arrangement, ... (24 of 393 words, 19 definitions, pronunciation)
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First use: early 13th century
Origin: "scarlet dye made from insects" (late 12th century in surnames), from Old French grain (12th century) "seed, grain, particle, berry, scarlet ... (24 of 109 etymology words)
Origin: originally from the weight of a grain of wheat | Middle English greyne from Old French grein, a seed, grain ( from Latin granum, ... (23 of 53 etymology words)
Origin: Middle English (originally in the sense "seed, grain of corn"): from Old French grain, from Latin granum | because originally the weight ... (21 of 44 etymology words)
Origin: Middle English, from Old French graine, from Latin grānum; see gṛə-no- in Indo-European roots.
Origin: Old French grein, from Latin grānum, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵrHnom ("grain"). Compare English corn.
First use: 13th century
Origin: from Old French, from Latin grānum
First use: 14th century
Origin: Middle English, partly from Anglo-French grain cereal grain, from Latin granum; partly from Anglo-French graine seed, kermes, ... (19 of 25 etymology words)
First use: 13th century
Origin: French from Latin granum "seed"
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