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HORDEUM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Annual to perennial grasses of temperate northern hemisphere and South America: barley
Synonyms:
genus Hordeum; Hordeum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Hordeum" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Hordeum"):
barley (cultivated since prehistoric times; grown for forage and grain)
Holonyms ("Hordeum" is a member of...):
family Graminaceae; family Gramineae; family Poaceae; Graminaceae; Gramineae; grass family; Poaceae (the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane)
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