four-rowed barley
[ fawr-rohd, fohr- ]
/ ˈfɔrˌroʊd, ˈfoʊr- /
noun
a class of barley having, in each spike, six rows of grain, with two pairs of rows overlapping.
Nearby words
four-o'clock family, four-on-the-floor, four-part, four-part harmony, four-poster, four-rowed barley, four-spot, four-star, four-striper, four-stroke, four-way
Origin of four-rowed barley
First recorded in 1880–85
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