- four-rowed barley
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/fawr"rohd', fohr"-/a class of barley having, in each spike, six rows of grain, with two pairs of rows overlapping.[1880-85]
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four-rowed barley — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a barley in which the overlapping of the lateral members of each cluster of three fertile spikelets makes the spike appear to have four rows compare six rowed barley, two rowed barley * * * /fawr rohd , fohr / a class of barley… … Useful english dictionary
six-rowed barley — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a barley having the three spikelets of each cluster fertile so that the spike is six rowed compare four rowed barley … Useful english dictionary
two-rowed barley — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun : a barley having only the central spikelet of each cluster fertile so that the spike appears to have two rows compare four rowed barley … Useful english dictionary
BARLEY — (Heb. שְׂעוֹרָה; se orah), one of the seven species (see food ) with which Ereẓ Israel was blessed (Deut. 8:8). In biblical times barley bread was a staple food and was extensively cultivated, especially as it grows even in poor soil and in areas … Encyclopedia of Judaism
barley — barley1 /bahr lee/, n. 1. a widely distributed cereal plant belonging to the genus Hordeum, of the grass family, having awned flowers that grow in tightly bunched spikes, with three small additional spikes at each node. 2. the grain of this plant … Universalium
Bear — Bear, Bere Bere (b[=e]r), n. [AS. bere. See {Barley}.] (Bot.) Barley; the six rowed barley or the four rowed barley, commonly the former ({Hordeum hexastichon} or {Hordeum vulgare}). [Obs. except in North of Eng. and Scot.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bere — Bear Bear, Bere Bere (b[=e]r), n. [AS. bere. See {Barley}.] (Bot.) Barley; the six rowed barley or the four rowed barley, commonly the former ({Hordeum hexastichon} or {Hordeum vulgare}). [Obs. except in North of Eng. and Scot.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hordeum hexastichon — Bear Bear, Bere Bere (b[=e]r), n. [AS. bere. See {Barley}.] (Bot.) Barley; the six rowed barley or the four rowed barley, commonly the former ({Hordeum hexastichon} or {Hordeum vulgare}). [Obs. except in North of Eng. and Scot.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hordeum vulgare — Bear Bear, Bere Bere (b[=e]r), n. [AS. bere. See {Barley}.] (Bot.) Barley; the six rowed barley or the four rowed barley, commonly the former ({Hordeum hexastichon} or {Hordeum vulgare}). [Obs. except in North of Eng. and Scot.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
FIVE SPECIES — FIVE SPECIES, the varieties of seed to which the halakhot concerning the agricultural produce of Ereẓ Israel apply. The Mishnah lists the five species as ḥittim, se orim, kusmin, shibbolet shu al, and shippon (Ḥal. 1:1). They are known in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
