Granum a gerendo; id enim ut gerat spica, seritur frumentum, non ut glumam aut aristam gerat, ut vitis seritur, non ut pampinum ferat, sed ut uvam.
The grain is so called from gerere; for the seed is planted that the ear may bear (gerat) the grain, not the husk or the beard; just as the vine is planted not to bear leaves but grapes.
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