flat-grained

American

[flat-greynd] / ˈflætˌgreɪnd /

adjective

(of sawed lumber) having the annual rings at an angle of less than 45° with the broader surfaces.

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The small reddish Assamese rices, which become gelatinous in boiling, and the large, flat-grained, soft, purple-black Ketana rice, of Java and Malacca, shown at the Great Exhibition, were curious.

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