barley
type of cultivated grass like wheat or rice; less than 1 m tall; has a single head on each stalk, with rows of kernels; Hordeum distichum or Hordeum vulgare; grain was used to make bread or beer, or for animal feed
“barley.” Atlas. Accessed 2026. https://fcbh-atlas.vercel.app/en/term/barley
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