barley
See also: Barley
English
A field of barley.
Etymology
From Middle English barly, barli, from Old English bærlīċ (“barley-like”, adjective) (later referring to barley itself and grain crops of similar appearance), from bere (“barley”) (compare Scots bere (“six-rowed barley”)), from Proto-Germanic *baraz (compare Old Norse barr), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“spike, prickle”). Equivalent to bere + -ly. See English brew.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɑɹli/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɑːli/
Audio (US) (file) - Homophones: Bali (non-rhotic accents)
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)li
Noun
barley (usually uncountable, plural barleys)
- A cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare, or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.
- (Singapore) seed of Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi)
Derived terms
- barley beer
- barley-bird
- barley bird (Spinus spinus)
- barley-brake
- barley bread
- barley-bree
- barley-broo
- barley-broth
- barley coal
- barleycorn
- barley fork
- barley grass (Hordeum murinum)
- barley-hood
- barley itch
- barley jointworm (Harmolita hordei)
- barleylike
- barleymeal
- barley midge (Phytophaga destructor)
- Barley mild mosaic bymovirus
- barleymow
- barley reel
- barley sack
- barley sandwich (a beer - Canada)
- barley scab fungus (Fusarium roseum)
- barley scald (Rhynchosporium secalis)
- barley smut (Ustilago nuda, Ustilago hordei)
- Barley stripe mosaic virus
- Barley stripe mosaic virus
- barley-sugar
- barley sugar
- barley twist
- barley water
- barley-water
- barley wine
- barley-wine
- Barley yellow striate mosaic virus
- caustic barley (from Schoenocaulon officinale)
- common barley
- four-rowed barley
- foxtail barley
- Himalayan barley (Hordeum aegiceras, Hordeum distichon)
- little barley (Hordeum pusillum)
- meadow barley (Hordeum nodosum)
- mouse barley (Hordeum murinum)
- nonbarley
- pearl barley
- sea barley (Hordeum marinum)
- six-rowed barley
- sprat barley (Hordeum zeocriton, now Hordeum distichon or Hordeum vulgare)
- squirreltail barley (Hordeum spp.)
- Tibetan barley (Hordeum aegiceras, Hordeum distichon)
- two-rowed barley
- wall barley
- wild barley (Hordeum spp.)
Translations
Hordeum vulgare or its grains
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Further reading
barley on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Hordeum vulgare on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Scots
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