Ch. 30/31 Vocabulary Review

Plants in the grass family cultivated for their fruits or seeds.

• grains

• kernels

• germ

• nuts

many small, separate dry fruits

• grains

• kernels

• hull

• nuts

the edible, outer layer of the kernel

• endosperm

• hull

• germ

• bran

the largest part of the kernel, which is made of proteins and starches that supply the plant with food

• germ

• bran

• endosperm

• hull

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the seed that grows into a new plant

• hull

• germ

• endosperm

• bran

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an inedible outer coat

• hull

• germ

• kernel

• exosperm

Made of the entire kernel and so contain most of the original nutrients

• Whole grain

• Wheat

• Whole wheat

• Grains

one of the oldest cereal grains

• Rice

• Oats

• Wheat

• Corn

starchy seed of plants grown in flooded fields in warm climates

• Wheat

• Grain

• Rice

• Corn

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Italian word meaning "paste"

• wheat

• noodle

• macaroni

• pasta