flat-grained

[ flat-greynd ]

adjective

1. (of sawed lumber) having the annual rings at an angle of less than 45° with the broader surfaces.

Example Sentences

The small reddish Assamese rices, which become gelatinous in boiling, and the large, flat-grained, soft, purple-black Ketana rice, of Java and Malacca, shown at the Great Exhibition, were curious.

From Project Gutenberg