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grains

noun as in detritus

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But running up the stalks there are small beads - these are the rice grains.

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Foodwise that's a balanced, holistic diet from the main food groups - fruit, vegetables, grains, proteins and dairy - and not going to extremes.

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I’ll still chop up some vegetables to snack on with hummus, or cook off an extra pot of grains to stretch into chilled salads.

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They lived in brick houses and buried their dead along with daily necessities like food grains and pots in massive burial urns in Kondagai.

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The 20-year-old rice cooker that bears its scuffs with dignity, but still turns out perfect grains.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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