FOXTAIL BARLEY

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Meaning:

Barley grown for its highly ornamental flower heads with delicate long silky awns; North America and northeastern Asia

Synonyms:

foxtail barley; Hordeum jubatum; squirreltail barley; squirreltail grass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("foxtail barley" is a kind of...):

barley (cultivated since prehistoric times; grown for forage and grain)

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