barley

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"The wheat has gone over in patches and is sprouting a bit, but the barley is a very good crop," he said.

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  1. noun A grass in the genus Hordeum, native to temperate regions, having flowers in terminal, often long-awned spikes.
  2. noun The grain of H. vulgare or its varieties, used for livestock feed, malt production, and cereal.

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  • Same applies to spring barley, which is going to be a repeat of last year's crop unfortunately. —  FWi - All News
  • The exception is spring barley, which is rather variable. —  FWi - All News
  • Winter barley, which is between growth stage 24-29, is starting to show signs of rhynchosporium. —  FWi - All News
  • Agriculture: Products -- barley, citrus fruits, vegetables, olives, livestock, and fishing.
  • I'm not happy with the corn in Purina, and one has developed an allergy to it, with rubbing her face, licking her paws, and changed her to Purina Turkey & Barley, however, after two wks., she's scratching her skin and it is very pink, and I think the barley is a problem also.
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  1. Middle English barli, from Old English bærlic; see bhares- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also barly, barlye, Scots barlick; from Middle English barly, berley, barlich, from late Anglo-Saxon bærlic, barley, apparently from bere, English bear, barley, + -līc, English -ly; the word appears first as an attributive, being formally an adjective The Icelandic barlak, and W. barlys, barley (as if from bara, bread, + llysiau, llysau, plants, herbs), Cornish barliz, are from English
  2. A corruption of parley, q. v.
 

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