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six-rowed barley

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Definition of six-rowed barley

: a barley having the three spikelets of each cluster fertile so that the spike is six-rowed — compare four-rowed barley

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“Six-rowed barley.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/six-rowed%20barley. Accessed 9 Aug. 2022.

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