dehull
Strip outer covering
To dehull is to remove the hull—the outer covering—from seeds, grains, or nuts.
Rice, barley, and sunflower seeds are commonly dehulled before sale or further processing.
The process may be done mechanically or by hand: We dehulled the oats before grinding them into flour.
Cereal grain for porridge
- barleyGrain for malt
- speltHulled wheat species
- buckwheatTriangular-seeded pseudocereal
- riceStaple cereal grain
millet · wheat · groat · quinoa · amaranth · sorghum · farro · emmer
Removing dry outer covering
- decorticatingRemoving outer covering
- threshingExtracting grain from stalks
- peelingComing off in strips
- strippingRemoving outer layers
dehusking · deshelling · winnowing · cleaning · removing · separating · loosening · detaching
Tall daisy-family plant
- pumpkinLarge orange autumn gourd
- sesameOilseed for tahini
- hempIndustrial fiber crop
- flaxFiber and oil crop
cotyledon · endosperm · germ · bran · embryo · seed coat · testa · legumes
Device removing hard casings
- combineMerge, or harvesting machine
- millGrain-crushing facility
- rollerRotating cylindrical tool
- grinderCrushing or sharpening device
thresher · aspirator · separator · destoner · polisher · scourer
Gathering mature crops
- processingSystematic operation on data
- postharvestAfter crops collected
- cropCultivated agricultural plants
- yieldProduce or relinquish
cultivation · farming · storage · drying · conditioning · food processing · milling · commodity
oats
Cereal grain for porridge
rice · millet · wheat · groat · quinoa · amaranth · sorghum · farro · emmer · teff
husking
Removing dry outer covering
- decorticatingRemoving outer covering
- threshingExtracting grain from stalks
- peelingComing off in strips
stripping · dehusking · deshelling · winnowing · cleaning · removing · separating · loosening · detaching · scarification
sunflower
Tall daisy-family plant
flax · cotyledon · endosperm · germ · bran · embryo · seed coat · testa · legumes · soybeans
sheller
Device removing hard casings
grinder · thresher · aspirator · separator · destoner · polisher · scourer
harvesting
Gathering mature crops
- processingSystematic operation on data
- postharvestAfter crops collected
- cropCultivated agricultural plants
yield · cultivation · farming · storage · drying · conditioning · food processing · milling · commodity