Barley
Barley noun - A plant cultivated since prehistoric times, grown for forage and grain.
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Rye
Rye noun - Hardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern Europe where its grain is the chief ingredient of black bread and in North America for forage and soil improvement.
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- Namely, now that you have more than enough wheat, barley, corn, and rye, what do you do with it?
- For example, during the cooking process, bourbon distillers will add corn, rye (or wheat), and barley malt (with the corn—by law—forming at least 51% of the mash).
- She asks for food, he gives her his lunch, and she gives him a whistle that will bring back whatever he loses.He shows the pearls to the king, who is displeased with him, and sets him to sort a mixed heap of wheat, barley, oats, and rye.
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