genus Hordeum

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genus Hordeum - annual to perennial grasses of temperate northern hemisphere and South America: barleyHordeumliliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seedfamily Graminaceae, family Gramineae, family Poaceae, Graminaceae, Gramineae, grass family, Poaceae - the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar canebarley - cultivated since prehistoric times; grown for forage and grain