Hordeum vulgare
Synonyms:
Yava
Categories: Andean Ancestral Medicine, Ayurvedic Medicine, Food, Medicinal Plant, Oil, Powder, Tea, Tincture, Traditional Chinese Medicine
Barley (Wiktionary)
English
Etymology
From Middle English barly, barli, from Old English bærlīċ (“barley-like”, adjective) (later referring to barley itself and grain crops of similar appearance), from bere (“barley”) (compare Scots bere (“six-rowed barley”)), from Proto-Germanic *baraz (compare Old Norse barr, Norwegian Bokmål bygg ), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰars- (“spike, prickle”). Equivalent to
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