Corn is basically a fruitful grass, he rumbled.

“玉米从本质上说是一种多产禾本科植”，低沉的声音说。

Yup, that's right, bamboo, along with wheat, rice and other grasses is a member of the Poaceae family.

是的， 没错， 竹子与小麦、水稻和其一样是禾本科植的一员。

The domestication of various species of the grass family into cereal crops is regarded as one of the key developments of human civilisation.

禾本科各种种被驯作被认是人类文明的关键发展之一。

Wheat, corn, rice, barley, oats, millet, sugar and many more crops that directly, or through fodder for livestock, feed us, are all grasses.

小麦、玉米、水稻、大麦、燕麦、小米、甘蔗以及许多其直接或通过作家畜饲料来养活我们的作，都是禾本科植。

In particular, the Fertile Crescent's wheat and barley exemplify the class of crops termed cereals or grains (members of the grass family), while Fertile Crescent peas and lentils exemplify pulses (members of the legume family, which includes beans).

特别是，新月沃地的小麦和大麦代表了或（禾本科的成员）这一类作，而新月沃地的豌豆和扁豆则代表了豆类（豆科的成员，包括豆类）。