Cereals

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....onary defines The term "Cereals" as relating to grain or to the plants that produce it: made of grain ..................... a plant (as a grass) yielding farinaceous seeds suitable for food (as wheat, maize, rice); also, the seeds or grains so produced either in their original state or commercially prepared. Chambers Twenty first Century Dictionary defines "Cereal" as (1) a member of the gras....

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....e U.S. and Canada), rye, oats, barely, sorghum, and some of the millets are the common cereals. Wheat, rice and rye are grown primarily for consumption as human food, while much of the maize, barely, oats and sorghum grown in North America, Europe and Australia is fed to livestock to produce meat, dairy and poultry products." The New Encyclopaedia Britannica (15th Edition-Volume 3 pag....