Hordeum

[hɔ:diәm]

(noun.) annual to perennial grasses of temperate northern hemisphere and South America: barley.

Inputed by Alex--From WordNet

n. a genus of plants of order Gramine with twelve species.—adj. Hordeā′ceous barley-like.—n. Hordē′olum a sty on the edge of the eyelid.

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