English noun: barley |
1. | barley (food) a grain of barley |
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| Synonyms | barleycorn |
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| Broader (hypernym) | cereal, food grain, grain |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | pearl barley |
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| Part meronym | common barley, Hordeum vulgare |
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2. | barley (plant) cultivated since prehistoric times; grown for forage and grain |
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| Broader (hypernym) | cereal, cereal grass |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | barley grass, common barley, foxtail barley, Hordeum jubatum, Hordeum murinum, Hordeum pusillum, Hordeum vulgare, little barley, squirreltail barley, squirreltail grass, wall barley |
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| Member meronym | genus Hordeum, Hordeum |
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