Barley

Noun

 * 1) A strong cereal of the genus Hordeum, or its grains, often used as food or to make malted drinks.

Derived terms
barley-bird; barley-bree; barley-broth; barley-hood; barleymow; barley sugar; barley water; barley-wine; four-rowed barley; pearl barley; sea barley; sprat-barley

Thesaurus
bird seed, bran, cat food, chicken feed, chop, corn, dog food, eatage, ensilage, feed, fodder, forage, grain, hay, mash, meal, oats, pasturage, pasture, pet food, provender, scratch, scratch feed, silage, slops, straw, swill, wheat

Etymology
barli:, barly:, from Old English (adjective) bærlic:, from bere:, from (cf. Old Norse barr:), from  ‘spike, prickle’ (cf. Welsh bara: ‘bread’, Latin far: ‘spelt’, Serbo-Croatian брашно:/brašno: ‘flour’, Albanian bar: ‘grass’, Ancient Greek undefined: ‘plant deity’).

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