common barley

English

common barley

Noun

common barley (countable and uncountable, plural common barleys)

1. A plant of the species Hordeum vulgare, which yields the commercially important cereal grain barley.

Hyponyms

• (Hordeum vulgare): two-row barley, six-row barley, malting barley
  • For cultivars see Barley on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Coordinate terms

• (Hordeum vulgare): sea barley, foxtail barley, wall barley, little barley

Translations

Hordeum vulgare

• Swedish: korn (sv) n

See also

• aleurone
• awn
• DON
• lodging
• rachilla

Further reading

• Barley on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hordeum vulgare on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Hordeum vulgare on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• common barley at USDA Plants database