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[おお()·むぎ()]
oomugi
noun

Alternate Written Forms:

oomugi

English Meaning(s) for 大麦

noun
  1. barley (Hordeum vulgare)

Definition and Synonyms for 大麦

Barley a grain of barley
Synonyms: 大麦
Genus Hordeum annual to perennial grasses of temperate northern hemisphere and South America: barley
Synonyms: 大麦
Barley cultivated since prehistoric times
Synonyms: 大麦
Barley grown for forage and grain
Synonyms: 大麦

Meanings for each kanji in 大麦

» large; big
» barley; wheat

Categories 大麦 is a member of

Cereal foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
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Cereal grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat
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Liliopsid Genus genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
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Sample Sentences for 大麦

Can you tell wheat from barley?
Can you tell barley from wheat at first sight?
Can you tell barley and wheat apart by just quickly looking at it?
Barley is our main product.

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