foxtail barley

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   barley grown for its highly ornamental flower heads with delicate long silky awns; North America and northeastern Asia

   Synonymssquirreltail barleysquirreltail grassHordeum jubatum

   Broaderbarley

Questions about foxtail barley

What does foxtail barley mean?

foxtail barley means "barley grown for its highly ornamental flower heads with delicate long silky awns; North America and northeastern Asia".

What is another word for foxtail barley?

Close synonyms include squirreltail barley, squirreltail grass, Hordeum jubatum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.