Corn is basically a fruitful grass, he rumbled.

“玉米从本质上是一种多产禾本科植”，他用低沉声。

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、甘蔗及许多其他直接或通过为家畜饲料来养活我们，都是禾本科植。

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

是， 没错， 竹子与小麦、水稻和其他草一样是禾本科植一员。

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，新月沃地小麦和大麦代表了谷或谷（禾本科成员）这一类，而新月沃地豌豆和扁豆则代表了豆类（豆科成员，包括豆类）。

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

禾本科各种种被驯化为谷被认为是人类文明关键发展之一。