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barker channel
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barking deer
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barley sugar
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barley wine
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barley
bar·ley [ brlee ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. grain: the grain from a cereal plant. Use: food, malt production, livestock feed.
2. grain plant: a cereal plant with a long head of whiskered grains. Latin name Hordeum vulgare.
[ Old English bærlic "barley-like" < bære, bere "barley" < Indo-European]
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