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vegetation(dictionary)
vegetation(dictionary)
hydrophytic vegetation(medicine)
vegetation unit(medicine)
shrub(2)(dictionary)
shrub(1)(dictionary)
shrub(encyclopedia)
shrub(dictionary)

barley(2) (iou) and shrub vegetation (medicine)


barley(2) (iou)



barley noun. ['b¨»:li]

(The grain of) a hardy awned cereal of the genus Hordeum, used as Food and in making malt liquors and spirits.
four-rowed barley, pearl barley, sea barley, sprat-barley, etc.
Comb.: barley-bird dial. any of various birds which appear at the time of barley-sowing in spring, e.g. a wryneck, yellow wagtail, or nightingale; barley-bree, barley-broth strong ale; barley-hood (now rare or obsolete) a fit of drunkenness or of bad temper brought on by drinking; barleymow a stack of barley; barley sugar a confection of boiled sugar, usu. in twisted sticks; barley-sugar adjective (of columns etc.) twisted like barley sugar; barley water a decoction of pearl barley for invalids etc. or (esp. with some further flavouring) drunk for refreshment; barley-Wine a Wine or ale prepared from barley; spec. a strong English ale.

shrub vegetation (medicine)


shrub vegetation


A community of shrubs.