common barley

noun

A plant of the species Hordeum vulgare, which yields the commercially important cereal grain barley.

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Hordeum vulgare
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Meanings

nouncommon barley (countable and uncountable, plural common barleys)

plural common barleys

  1. countableuncountableA plant of the species Hordeum vulgare, which yields the commercially important cereal grain barley.

Synonyms & antonyms

noungrass yielding grain used for breakfast food and animal feed and in malt beverages

Similar
Hordeum vulgare
Broader
barley

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Swedish korn
  • kornHordeum vulgare
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APA

common barley. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/common%20barley

MLA

“common barley.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/common%20barley. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “common barley,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/common%20barley.

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