A grain is a small, hard, dry fruit (caryopsis) – with or without an attached hull layer – harvested for human or animal consumption. [1] A grain crop is a grain-producing plant.

The meaning of GRAIN is a single small hard seed. How to use grain in a sentence.

Dec 9, 2024 · Grain is the harvested seed of grasses such as wheat, oats, rice, and corn. Other important grains include sorghum, millet, rye, and barley.

A small, dry, one-seeded fruit of a cereal grass, having the fruit and the seed walls united: a single grain of wheat; gleaned the grains from the ground one at a time.

GRAIN definition: 1. a seed or seeds from a plant, especially a plant like a grass such as rice or wheat: 2. a very…. Learn more.

Definition of grain noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

GRAIN definition: a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet. See examples of grain used in a sentence.