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from Michael Bell contains these words:

But as to the original question; Is it true that "a grain" is a hard
dry thing (whatever its botanical name) which can be kept long-term
because its eating qualities are unchanged by its death? (That UNlike
"vegetables" and "fruist" (whatever their botanical name) become
UNeatable on death - and starting to rot.)

By and large, probably. However, you can preserve 'dead' vegetable
matter by sterilising and then excluding air, pickling, freezing,
drying, etc.

'Grain' is a seed, and as such is usually only applied to those of
graminae - i.e., grasses.

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Rusty
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