genus hordeum

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   annual to perennial grasses of temperate northern hemisphere and South America: barley

   SynonymsHordeum

   Broadermonocot genus

   Part ofGramineae

Questions about genus hordeum

What does genus hordeum mean?

genus hordeum means "annual to perennial grasses of temperate northern hemisphere and South America: barley".

What is another word for genus hordeum?

Close synonyms include Hordeum. 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.

Is genus hordeum a common word?

genus hordeum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.