Any of several beetles from the families Silvanidae and Laemophloeidae that infest grains and grain products.

A small hard yellowish aggregation found in the Caucasus region, containing various yeasts and bacteria, and used as a ferment in preparing kefir.

Certain species of genus Oldenlandia

(botany) The lines or narrow plates of cellular tissue which pass from the pith to the bark of an exogenous stem; the medullary rays. In the wood of the oak they are much larger than in that of the beech, maple, pine, cherry, etc.

A cutaneous condition caused by several types of mite, and characterized by intense pruritus.

plural of grain weevil

(idiomatic) Any facts or true statements at all. / (idiomatic) A small piece of true or useful information.

A civil parish (served by St James, Isle of Grain Parish Council) on the eastern part of the Hoo Peninsula in Medway borough, Kent, England.

Having a rough grain or fiber. / (by extension, figuratively) Having coarse traits of character; not polished or refined.

The grain of timber which is transverse to the annular rings or plates; the direction of the medullary rays in oak and some other timbers.