Straw
Straw was a stalk of threshed grain, used as bedding and food for animals, for thatching, and for weaving or braiding, into baskets.

A boater was a type of hat made from woven straw. ()

After using the slang term needle in a haystack, Miles O'Brien had an idea how to find the metal in the straw by using a magnet. ()

Rumpelstiltskin, a fictional character from an ancient Earth fairy tale, could spin straw into gold, and agreed to do so for a young maiden in exchange for her firstborn son. ()

In 2267, Dr. Leonard McCoy stated that straw would taste better than the meat that Trelane offered. ()

When Captain Kathryn Janeway asked a holographic  what he imagined his life would be like if he were a sparrow, he replied that he would make his home in a tree, in the branch of an elm and would hunt insects for food, straw for his nest and in the springtime he would sing for a companion. ()

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