Cereal Grains

3 words in this vocabulary list

noun a type of cereal grain that is commonly used for food, fodder, and in brewing beer

  • Barley is a versatile cereal grain that is commonly used for making bread, beer, and animal feed.
  • I love the nutty flavor of barley in my soup.
  • Let's grab a cold one at the barley pop joint down the street.
  • The barley fields stretched out as far as the eye could see, like a golden sea of waves.

noun Any of various European coins of small denomination

  • The medieval merchant paid for his goods with a groat.
  • I found a groat in my pocket while doing laundry.
  • I'm broke, I don't have a single groat to my name.
  • His promises are not worth a groat, they always fall through.

noun a type of protein found in certain grains such as wheat, barley, and rye

  • Prolamins are a type of storage protein found in certain grains like wheat and barley.
  • I heard that prolamin is a protein found in some grains.
  • Yo, did you know that prolamin is in wheat and barley?
  • Just like how prolamin stores nutrients for the plant, we should store knowledge for our minds.