Etymology

hordeiform

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Today it means: Resembling the shape of barley grains. Full definition →

Latin hordeum
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromhordeum“barley”
  2. English todayhordeiform

From Latin hordeum (“barley”) + -iform.

Words from the same roots

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