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barley

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As a noun, barley means a cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare, or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.

Meanings of barley

4 meanings

noun

  1. A cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare, or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.

  2. SingaporeSeed of Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi)

  3. A grain of barleyfood

    Similar: barleycorn

  4. Cultivated since prehistoric times; grown for forage and grainplant

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

barley around the world

SingaporeSeed of Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi)

Synonyms by meaning

noun: a grain of barley
barleycorn

Words that rhyme with barley

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