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Hordeum vulgare

Hordeum vulgare

7.7
A cereal plant grown for its grain that people use for food, animal feed and making malt
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • Hordeum vulgare is one of the world's oldest cultivated cereals.

Examples

  • Farmers often grow Hordeum vulgare for use as both livestock feed and human food.

  • The grains of Hordeum vulgare are used to make malt for brewing beer.

  • The farmer planted Hordeum vulgare in the spring.

  • Many breweries use Hordeum vulgare to produce beer.

  • Hordeum vulgare is a popular crop for producing grains used in various foods and beverages.

  • Breweries rely on Hordeum vulgare to create malt, which is essential for beer production.

  • Farmers cultivate Hordeum vulgare for its grains, which are also a key ingredient in animal feed.

Synonyms

barley
vsHordeum vulgare
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A grain people grow for food, animal feed and making beer

is the scientific species name for the same cultivated grain
common barley
vsHordeum vulgare
2.7

A grain grown for food, animal feed, and to make beer

is the scientific name for that same cultivated species

Surface Forms

Hordeum vulgare singular
Hordeum vulgares plural

Morphology

Hordeum + vulgare

This is a scientific Latin binomial rather than an ordinary English phrase: its parts are taxonomic labels (Hordeum = a grass genus; vulgare is a Latin epithet) and do not compose to the common name ‘barley’ for an average B1 learner. Latin naming conventions and technical species labels are not transparently meaningful to learners of English, so the specific sense (the cultivated grain barley) is not derivable from the constituents.

Etymology

Hordeum vulgare is the Latin name for barley. Hordeum was an old Latin word for barley and vulgare means 'common', so the name literally says 'common barley' and refers to the barley people grow for food and to make malt for beer.