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Little barley   /lˈɪtəl bˈɑrli/   Listen
Little barley

noun
1.
Annual barley native to western North America and widespread in southern United States and tropical America.  Synonym: Hordeum pusillum.






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"Little barley" Quotes from Famous Books



... the little barley patch which surrounded the house, we saw a sort of wigwam composed of loose fir-tree trunks. They leant against one another, spread out because of their greater size at the bottom, and narrowed to a kind of open chimney at the top. This was the housewife's extra kitchen, and ...
— Through Finland in Carts • Ethel Brilliana Alec-Tweedie

... down to my shoes; 'Goldsworthy,' cries his majesty. 'Sir,' says I, smiling agreeably, with the rheumatism just creeping all over me ! but still, expecting something a little comfortable, I wait patiently to know his gracious pleasure, and then, 'Here, Goldsworthy, say !' he cries, 'will you have a little barley water?' Barley water in such a plight as that! Fine compensation for a wet jacket, truly!—barley water! I never heard of such a tiling in my life! barley water after a whole ...
— The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay Volume 1 • Madame D'Arblay



Words linked to "Little barley" :   Hordeum pusillum, barley



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