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Hordeum jubatum, with common names foxtail barley, [2] bobtail barley, [2] squirreltail barley, [2] and intermediate barley, [2] is a perennial plant species in the grass family Poaceae. It occurs wild mainly in northern North America and adjacent northeastern Siberia.
Barley (Hordeum vulgare), a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally. It was one of the first cultivated grains; it was domesticated in the Fertile Crescent around 9000 BC, giving it nonshattering spikelets and making it much easier to harvest.
The color of barley wines ranges from a translucent deep amber, to cloudy mahogany (left), to a near-opaque black (right).. Barley, a member of the grass family, was one of the first domesticated grains in the Fertile Crescent and drinks made from it range from thin herbal teas and beers to thicker drinkable puddings and gruels.
Porcelain image of John Barleycorn, c .1761. The first song to personify Barley was called Allan-a-Maut ('Alan of the malt'), a Scottish song written prior to 1568; [3]. Allan is also the subject of "Quhy Sowld Nocht Allane Honorit Be", a fifteenth or sixteenth century Scots poem included in the Bannatyne Manuscript of 1568 and 17th century English broadsides.
A wild rye ear with awns Awns on the fruit of an Australian species of grass. An awn is a hairy or bristle-like growth on a plant.. On the seeds of grasses such as barley or rye, they form foxtails which assist seed dispersal by being barbed and so sticking to passing animals.
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As modern studies show, the actual length of a kernel of barley varies from as short as 0.16–0.28 in (4–7 mm) to as long as 0.47–0.59 in (12–15 mm) depending on the cultivar. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Older sources claimed the average length of a grain of barley was 0.345 in (8.8 mm), while that of a grain of " big " was 0.3245 in (8.24 mm).
Originally bere or beir or bear is a generic Scots word for barley of any kind, [4] from Old English bere, "barley", [5] and was used throughout the country. Now it is used mainly in the north of Scotland. [4] [6] [7] It often referred to barley of a lower yield, and the phrase "bear meal marriage" usually meant one that would not bring much ...