Definition of Foxtail barley

1. Noun. Barley grown for its highly ornamental flower heads with delicate long silky awns; North America and northeastern Asia.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Foxtail Barley

foxinesses
foxing
foxings
foxish
foxlike
foxly
foxnut
foxnuts
foxshark
foxsharks
foxship
foxships
foxskin
foxskins
foxtail
foxtail barley (current term)
foxtail millet
foxtail orchid
foxtails
foxtrot
foxtrots
foxtrotted
foxtrotting
foxy boxing
foy
foyer
foyerlike
foyers

Literary usage of Foxtail barley

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Weeds of the North Central States edited by Lloyd M. Wax, Richard S. Fawcett, Duane Isely (1999)
"foxtail barley (Hordeum jubatum) p. 27 14. Spikes stiff (like a small head of barley) with rigid, ascending bristles about as long as or slightly longer ..."

2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"... jubatum (L.) Nevski foxtail barley Herbaceous perennial Dry old fields, roadsides and waste ground. ..."

3. A Manual of Farm Grasses by Albert Spear Hitchcock (1921)
"Foxtail [barley grass], 164. grass, 122. green, 122, 165. meadow, 117. yellow, 122, 165. Gardener's garters, 154. ..."

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