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| dietary staple | |||
| staple food The most commonly or regularly eaten food in a country or community and which forms the mainstay of the total calorie supply, especially in the poorer populations and at times of food shortage | |||
| staple food; principal foods | |||
| macronutrient; macroelement; main food; staple foodstuff | |||
| staple foods | |||
| basic foodstuff | |||
