grain

n. cereal; seed; granule; plants producing grain; particle; small portion of; texture, weave

v. manufacture grains; crumble into granules; paint in imitation of a grain (such as wood grain)

GRAIN is an international non-governmental organization based in Barcelona, Spain, which works toward sustainable agriculture. It was formed upon the realization that the genetic diversity of the world's food crops has been drastically eliminated. Very few breeds of crop plants are in use today; this is because many have stopped being used in favor of the most robust and productive strains. This is termed genetic erosion. GRAIN's goal is to preserve the diversity of plants used for food and fiber by human beings. GRAIN is generally in opposition of genetically modified organisms.
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Cereal crops or grains are mostly grasses cultivated for their edible grains or seeds (i.e., botanically a type of fruit called a caryopsis). Cereal grains are grown in greater quantities and provide more energy worldwide than any other type of crop; they are therefore staple crops. They are also a rich source of carbohydrate. In some developing nations, grain constitutes practically the entire diet of poor people. In developed nations, cereal consumption is more moderate but still substantial.
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n. grain, cereal, kernel, corn; particle, mite, mote; mouthful, ounce; shred, whit

(a.)
A sort of spice, the grain of paradise.
  

(a.)
Temper; natural disposition; inclination.
  

(n.)
A blade of a sword, knife, etc.
  

(n.)
A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant.
  

(n.)
A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes; hence, a red color of any tint or hue, as crimson, scarlet, etc.; sometimes used by the poets as equivalent to Tyrian purple.
  

(n.)
A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. See Grained, a., 4.
  

(n.)
A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.
  

(n.)
A thin piece of metal, used in a mold to steady a core.
  

(n.)
A tine, prong, or fork.
  

(n.)
An iron first speak or harpoon, having four or more barbed points.
  

(n.)
Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.; hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of gunpowder, of pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc.
  

(n.)
One the branches of a valley or of a river.
  

(n.)
The composite particles of any substance; that arrangement of the particles of any body which determines its comparative roughness or hardness; texture; as, marble, sugar, sandstone, etc., of fine grain.
  

(n.)
The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc.
  

(n.)
The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any fibrous material.
  

(n.)
The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants themselves; -- used collectively.
  

(n.)
The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side.
  

(n.)
The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation; hence, any residuum. Also called draff.
  

(n.)
The unit of the English system of weights; -- so called because considered equal to the average of grains taken from the middle of the ears of wheat. 7,000 grains constitute the pound avoirdupois, and 5,760 grains the pound troy. A grain is equal to .0648 gram. See Gram.
  

(n.)
To form grains, or to assume a granular ferm, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.
  

(n.)
To yield fruit.
  

(v. & n.)
See Groan.
  

(v. t.)
To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains.
  

(v. t.)
To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc.
  

(v. t.)
To take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the grain of (leather, etc.).
  

Wheat Brought to earth by Lords of Wisdom from other spheres, as were all the grains, and indeed all plants and animals. Yet wheat is said not to be known in the wild state nor to have been developed from any grass. Plato speaks of inventors -- gods and demigods incarnate in human beings -- who appeared successively among the races of mankind after their divine rulers had departed, and discovered fire, wheat, and wine. The kabiri and also Isis are said to have brought wheat, as is Isis. In Egyptian symbology the Osirified defunct becomes Khem, who gleans the field of Aaru -- i.e., "he gleans either his reward or punishment, as that field is the celestial locality (Devachan) where the defunct is given wheat, the food of divine justice" (SD 1:221).
In ancient Greece wheat was always associated with Demeter or Ceres (whence the word cereal), and as Demeter was the preeminent goddess of the Mysteries, sheaves of wheat also were associated with the Mysteries. Maize held the same place in ancient America. In the Christian Church wheat is still the food in the bread -- the literal, physical "body of Christ."