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bran

/ˈbɹæn/ noun B2
  1. The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain. (countable, uncountable)

Plural brans

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Then he entered the back room and took up a measure of bran, which he mixed with a great many pins and needles.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 113 · B2
When he had fastened the Scarecrow’s head on his body again he said to him, “Hereafter you will be a great man, for I have given you a lot of bran-new brains.”
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 113 · B2

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