Editing Chaff (section)

{{short description|Protective casings of the seeds of cereal grain}}
{{other uses|Chaff (disambiguation)}}{{distinguish|Bran}}
[[File:Rice chaffs.jpg|300px|thumb|[[Rice]] chaff]]
'''Chaff''' ({{IPAc-en|tʃ|æ|f}}; {{IPAc-en|also|UK|tʃ|ɑː|f}})<ref>{{cite book |title=Cambridge Pronouncing Dictionary|author=Daniel Jones|editor1=Peter Roach |editor2=James Hartman |editor3=Jane Setter |publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2006}}</ref> is dry, scale-like plant material such as the protective [[husk|seed casings]] of [[cereal grain]]s, the scale-like parts of flowers, or finely chopped [[straw]]. Chaff cannot be digested by humans, but it may be [[fodder|fed to livestock]], [[plough]]ed into soil, or burned.