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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, gortبِالكاد، بِالجُهْد، بِشقِّ النَّفْسечемикječmenbygdie Gersteκριθάριcebadaoderجوohraorgeשְׂעוֹרָהजौječamárpasebangsa gandumbyggorzo大麦+보리miežiaimiežibarligerstbyggjęczmieńcevadaorzячменьjačmeňječmenječamkornข้าวบาร์เลย์arpa大麥ячміньباجرہlúa mạch
barley sugar
a kind of hard sweet made by melting and cooling sugar. borssuiker, draaisuiker, garssuikerسُكَّر نَباتвид захарни бонбониtvrdý bonbonbrystsukkerder Gerstenzuckerκαραμέλαazúcar cande/candisuhkrukompvekآب نباتrintasokerisucre d'orgeסוּכָּרִייַת “סוּכַּר שְׂעוֹרָה”जौ की मिठाईsladárpacukorsemacam permenbrjóstsykursstöngzucchero/caramella d'orzo大麦糖보리엿ledinukascukurgailītisgula-gula barlizuurtjebrystsukker, maltsukker!!rebuçadoacadeaледенцыkandisový cukorječmenov sladkorsladni šećerbröstsockerตังเมarpa şekeri麥芽糖ячмінний цукорپگھلی ہوئی چینیđường lúa mạch

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