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Definition of meadow barley in English:

meadow barley

noun

  • (More fully "meadow barley grass") a tall, erect, coarse perennial grass, Hordeum secalinum, which grows in moist, lowland meadows in many parts of the northern hemisphere.

Origin

Late 18th century; earliest use found in Thomas Martyn (1735–1825), botanist.