hordeum : Idioms & Phrases
genus hordeum
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noun annual to perennial grasses of temperate northern hemisphere and South America: barley
Hordeum.
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hordeum jubatum
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noun barley grown for its highly ornamental flower heads with delicate long silky awns; North America and northeastern Asia
foxtail barley; squirreltail grass; squirreltail barley.
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hordeum murinum
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noun European annual grass often found as a weed in waste ground especially along roadsides and hedgerows
wall barley; barley grass.
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hordeum pusillum
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noun annual barley native to western North America and widespread in southern United States and tropical America
little barley.
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hordeum vulgare
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noun grass yielding grain used for breakfast food and animal feed and in malt beverages
common barley.
