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barley
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bar·ley  (bärl)
n.
1. A grass in the genus Hordeum, native to temperate regions, having flowers in terminal, often long-awned spikes.
2. The grain of H. vulgare or its varieties, used for livestock feed, malt production, and cereal.

[Middle English barli, from Old English bærlic; see bhares- in Indo-European roots.]

barley
Noun
1. a tall grasslike plant with dense bristly flower spikes, widely cultivated for grain
2. the grain of this grass used in making beer and whisky and for soups [Old English bere]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.barleybarley - a grain of barley                    
food grain, grain, cereal - foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
pearl barley - barley ground into small round pellets
common barley, Hordeum vulgare - grass yielding grain used for breakfast food and animal feed and in malt beverages
2.barley - cultivated since prehistoric times; grown for forage and grain
genus Hordeum, Hordeum - annual to perennial grasses of temperate northern hemisphere and South America: barley
common barley, Hordeum vulgare - grass yielding grain used for breakfast food and animal feed and in malt beverages
barley grass, Hordeum murinum, wall barley - European annual grass often found as a weed in waste ground especially along roadsides and hedgerows
foxtail barley, Hordeum jubatum, squirreltail barley, squirreltail grass - barley grown for its highly ornamental flower heads with delicate long silky awns; North America and northeastern Asia
Hordeum pusillum, little barley - annual barley native to western North America and widespread in southern United States and tropical America
cereal, cereal grass - grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet
Translations
barley [ˈbɑːlɪ] ncebada

barley [ˈbɑːlɪ] norge f

barley [ˈbɑːlɪ] nGerste f

barley [ˈbɑːlɪ] norzo

barley
n barley [ˈbaːli]
a type of grain used for food and for making beer and whisky The farmer has harvested his barley. gars, gort بِالكاد، بِالجُهْد، بِشقِّ النَّفْس ечемик ječmen byg die Gerste κριθάρι cebada oder جو ohra orge שְׂעוֹרָה जौ ječam árpa sebangsa gandum bygg orzo 大麦 +보리 miežiai mieži barli gerst bygg jęczmień cevada orz ячмень jačmeň ječmen ječam korn ข้าวบาร์เลย์ arpa 大麥 ячмінь باجرہ lúa mạch
barley sugar
a kind of hard sweet made by melting and cooling sugar. borssuiker, draaisuiker, garssuiker سُكَّر نَبات вид захарни бонбони tvrdý bonbon brystsukker der Gerstenzucker καραμέλα azúcar cande/candi suhkrukompvek آب نبات rintasokeri sucre d'orge סוּכָּרִייַת “סוּכַּר שְׂעוֹרָה” जौ की मिठाई slad árpacukor semacam permen brjóstsykursstöng zucchero/caramella d'orzo 大麦糖 보리엿 ledinukas cukurgailītis gula-gula barli zuurtje brystsukker, maltsukker rebuçado acadea леденцы kandisový cukor ječmenov sladkor sladni šećer bröstsocker ตังเม arpa şekeri 麥芽糖 ячмінний цукор پگھلی ہوئی چینی đường lúa mạch


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