barley
sustantivoatestiguado en diálogos
- Reino Unido//ˈbɑːli//
- Estados Unidos//ˈbɑɹli//
A cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.
sustantivo
- 1
A cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.
- 2
The seed of Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi).
Etimología
From Middle English barly, barli, from Old English bærlīċ (“barley-like”, adjective) (later referring to barley itself and grain crops of similar appearance), from bere (“barley”) (compare Scots bere (“six-rowed barley”)), from Proto-Germanic *baraz (compare Old Norse barr), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“spike, prickle”). Equivalent to bere + -ly. See English brew.
Formas
- plural
- barleys
barley · A cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.
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