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common barley

common barley noun: a plant of the species Hordeum vulgare, which yields the commercially important cereal grain barley.

common barley: a plant of the species Hordeum vulgare, which yields the commercially important cereal grain barley
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Noun

common barley (countable and uncountable, plural common barleys)

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

Forms of common barley

pluralcommon barleys

Questions about common barley

What does common barley mean?
Common barley means a plant of the species Hordeum vulgare, which yields the commercially important cereal grain barley.
What part of speech is common barley?
Common barley is a noun.
What is the plural of common barley?
The plural of common barley is common barleys.

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