food grain

noun

any cereal grain produced for human consumption.

Origin of food grain

¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Words Nearby food grain

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How to use food grain in a sentence

Millet is another food grain grown in Kashmir, but not very generally.
Kashmir | Sir Francis Edward Younghusband
She was Mother Corn, the protective spirit of the agricultural tribes, and the one who gave them their staple food grain.
North Dakota | Various

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