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Cereal

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Cereal
Various cereals an thair products
Scientific classification
Kinrick: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Faimily: Poaceae

A cereal is a gress, a member o the monocot faimily Poaceae,[1] cultivatit for the edible components o its grain (botanically, a teep o fruit cried a caryopsis), componed o the endosperm, germ, an bran.

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  1. The seeds o several ither plants, such as buckwheat, are an aa used in the same manner as grains, but syne thay are nae grasses, thay cannae strictly be cried such