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Definition of barley
: a cereal grass (genus Hordeum and especially H. vulgare) having the flowers in dense spikes with long awns and three spikelets at each joint of the rachis; also : its seed used especially in malt beverages, breakfast foods, and stock feeds
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There are many different kinds of grains, including wheat, barley, brown rice, buckwheat, rye, oats, etc.
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On Mattelin’s 2,000-acre farm in Montana, which produces spring wheat, malting barley, peas, soybeans and sugar beets, the durum crops are stunted, thin and turning a shade of blue.
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They're freshly baked each week and made with Alaska salmon and cod, and barley and vegetables grown in the Last Frontier.
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For instance, all beers have the same core ingredients -- water, barley, yeast and hops.
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When peat is used as the fossil fuel to dry malted barley, the resulting whisky is infused with phenolic smoke.
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In Common Gluten-Free Say good-bye to foods with grains like wheat, barley, and rye—each contains a protein known as gluten.
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The signature dessert is a light, creamy fluff flavored with roasted barley.
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The new restaurant, called Barr—Old Norse for barley—will launch July 5 with a 17-item à la carte menu of...
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Origin and Etymology of barley
Middle English barly, from Old English bærlic of barley; akin to Old English bere barley, Latin far spelt
BARLEY Defined for English Language Learners
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: a kind of grain used for food and to make beer and whiskey; also : the plant on which this grain grows
BARLEY Defined for Kids
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: a cereal grass grown for its grain which is used mostly to feed farm animals or make malt
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: a cereal grass (genus Hordeum, especially H. vulgare) having the flowers in dense spikes with long awns; also : its seed used in malt beverages and in breakfast foods and stock feeds
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