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barley

1. any of various erect annual temperate grasses of the genus Hordeum, esp H. vulgare, that have short leaves and dense bristly flower spikes and are widely cultivated for grain and forage
2. the grain of any of these grasses, used in making beer and whisky and for soups, puddings, etc.
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barley

[′bär·lē]
(botany)
A plant of the genus Hordeum in the order Cyperales that is cultivated as a grain crop; the seed is used to manufacture malt beverages and as a cereal.
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Alongside newspapers and magazines Paul sells oldfashioned sweets like Barley Sugar and Winter Warmers from traditional jars.
It has complex flavours of bruised apple, barley sugar and bitter marmalade, befitting a perfect accompaniment for pudding.
I liked barley sugar, cola cubes, sherbet lemons, and chewy fruit salad sweets, which were four for a penny.
It combines smoothness, creamy depth, stylish barley sugar and chocolate touches with a nod or three towards maltiness without being overpowered by it.
Las Moras Late Harvest Viognier has all of the requisite flavours of dessert wine - barley sugar, acacia honey and orange marmalade yet doesn't have the cloying viscosity.
Honey, barley sugar and a lovely chalkiness - a great vintage, unusually intense and ripe for a Kabinett.
THIS is a good example of a drop leaf dining table with a gate leg action and the added decoration in the form of barley sugar twist legs.
In fact, she loved the candy trade so much that she bought the company last August - lock, stock and barley sugar.
Show Cross Junior: 1 Ashley Suddes, Bonni, 4.04; 2 Nicola Teesdale, Barley Sugar, 4.16; 3 Grace Pettifer, Tepi, 4.32; 4 Jane Stockdale, Asti, 4.33.
The Szepsy 6 putts 1991, is like a weighty botrytisladen apricot and peach syrup, with rich lingering flavours of cooked barley sugar and spice.
Mr Wiltshire will probably also remember some of the other things they sell - coltsfoot rock, striped humbugs and barley sugar twists.
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