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grains
verb(grain)
ingrain
grains
verb(grain)
to form into grains : granulate
grains
verb(grain)
to paint in imitation of the grain of wood or stone
grains
noun(grain)
a single small hard seed
grains
noun(grain)
a seed or fruit of a cereal grass : caryopsis
grains
noun(grain)
the seeds or fruits of various food plants including the cereal grasses and in commercial and statutory usage other plants (such as the soybean)
grains
noun phrase(grain)
the pungent seeds of a West African plant (Aframomum melegueta) of the ginger family that are used as a spice
grains
noun phrase(grain)
a skeptical attitude—used in the phrase take (something) with a grain/pinch of salt
grains
noun(grain)
one of the granular microspores that occur in pollen and give rise to the male gametophyte of a seed plant

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