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apluda — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bran noun The tough outer layer of a cereal grain (wheat, rye, oats, etc.), sifted out from the flour and often eaten separately for its fibre.
  • chaff noun The dry, papery husks separated from grain during threshing.

Senses

apluda is used for these senses in English:

  • bran The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.
  • chaff The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.

chaff — full definition

  1. noun The dry, papery husks separated from grain during threshing.
  2. noun Something considered worthless or unwanted, especially compared with something valuable ("separating the wheat from the chaff").
  3. verb To tease or make good-natured fun of someone.

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