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HORDEUM VULGARE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Grass yielding grain used for breakfast food and animal feed and in malt beverages
Synonyms:
common barley; Hordeum vulgare
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Hordeum vulgare" is a kind of...):
barley (cultivated since prehistoric times; grown for forage and grain)
Meronyms (parts of "Hordeum vulgare"):
barley; barleycorn; barleycorn (a grain of barley)