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.

(idiomatic) With a little common sense and skepticism.

Synonym of wheat weevil

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

plural of grain weevil

(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.

plural of grain beetle

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.