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| barley [ brli ] |
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1. grain: the grain from a cereal plant. Use: food, malt production, livestock feed.
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2. grain plant: a cereal plant with a long head of whiskered grains. Latin name Hordeum vulgare.
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| [ Old English bærlic 'barley-like' < bære, bere 'barley' < Indo-European] |
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