Search Results for: Cereal grains of maize
maize has a pericarp of the fruit fused with the seed coat referred to as "caryopsis", typical of the grasses, and the entire kernel is often referred to as the "seed". the cob is close to a multiple fruit in structure, except that the individual fruits (the kernels) never fuse into a single mass. the
grains are about the size of peas , and adhere in regular rows round a white, pithy substance, which forms the ear. an ear can commonly hold approx. kernels and be approx. mm in length. they are of various colors: blackish, bluish-gray, purple, green, red, white and yellow. when ground into flour ,...
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