'Hordeum vulgare' definitions:

Definition of 'Hordeum vulgare'

(from WordNet)
noun
Grass yielding grain used for breakfast food and animal feed and in malt beverages [syn: common barley, Hordeum vulgare]

Definition of 'Hordeum vulgare'

From: GCIDE
  • Bear \Bear\, Bere \Bere\ (b[=e]r), n. [AS. bere. See Barley.] (Bot.) Barley; the six-rowed barley or the four-rowed barley, commonly the former (Hordeum hexastichon or {Hordeum vulgare}). [Obs. except in North of Eng. and Scot.] [1913 Webster]