hordeum
noun
hor·de·um
ˈhȯ(r)dēəm
1
capitalized
: a widely distributed genus of grasses having the flowers in dense spikes often with long-awned glumes and the one-flowered spikelets in clusters of two or three at each joint of the rachis see barley
2
plural -s
: any grass of the genus Hordeum
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“Hordeum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hordeum. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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