common barley

Thân thiện

A farmer harvests common barley in a sunny field.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A cereal plant: "common barley" refers to a specific type of grass (Hordeum vulgare) cultivated for its grain. It is the most widely grown species of barley.
   • A source of grain: The grain from this plant is used for human food, animal feed, and as a key ingredient in producing malt for beverages like beer.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • Farmers in this region primarily grow common barley.
  • The main ingredient in this whisky is malted common barley.

Advanced Usage

• "Hordeum vulgare": This is the scientific, botanical name for common barley.
  • Hordeum vulgare has been cultivated for thousands of years.

Variants and Related Words

• Barley (n): The general term for grains of the genus . "Common barley" is a specific type of barley.
  • Barley soup is a traditional dish.
• Pearl barley (n): A processed form of barley where the hull and bran layers are removed.
  • The recipe calls for pearl barley.
• Barleycorn (n): An individual grain of barley.
  • It was a measurement based on the length of a barleycorn.

Synonyms

• Cereal crop: A plant cultivated for its edible grain.
• Forage grass: A grass grown for feeding livestock (barley is often used this way, especially as hay or silage).

Related Phrases

• Barley field: A field where barley is grown.
  • The golden barley field stretched to the horizon.
• Barley harvest: The time or act of gathering the barley crop.
  • The barley harvest begins in late summer.

Related Idioms

• To know one's barley: (Archaic/rare) To be knowledgeable about a subject, stemming from barley's agricultural importance.
  • He's been farming for 40 years; he certainly knows his barley.

Học thuật

Noun

1. grass yielding grain used for breakfast food and animal feed and in malt beverages

Từ đồng nghĩa

• hordeum vulgare