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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary

U.S. Department of Agriculture

staple foods

Subject Category: E Economics, Business and Industry; Q Food and Human Nutrition
Definition: Foods that are basic to the diet/cuisine of the culture, like wheat flour, rice, corn, yams, sugar, salt, etc.
Definition Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff
RDF/XML Format:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/483.rdf
Persistent URI:: http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/483
Broader Term: foods
Related Term: staple crops
Spanish: alimentos básicos
Term Number: 483

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