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A cereal grain crop produced by a tall grass species with distinct male and female reproductive structures that yield edible kernels. It is one of the world's most important food crops and serves as a primary model organism for plant genetics, crop breeding, and understanding agronomic trait development. Its well-documented domestication history makes it invaluable for research into plant evolution and the genetic basis of crop adaptation to human cultivation.

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