Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bran"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bran \Bran\, n. [OE. bren, bran, OF. bren, F. bran, from Celtic;
cf. Armor. brenn, Ir. bran, bran, chaff.]
1. 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.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The European carrion crow.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bran
n 1: broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are
separated from the flour by sifting
2: food prepared from the husks of cereal grains
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