Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun foxtail_barley

1 sense of foxtail barley

Sense 1
squirreltail barley, foxtail barley, squirreltail grass, Hordeum jubatum -- (barley grown for its highly ornamental flower heads with delicate long silky awns; North America and northeastern Asia)
       => barley -- (cultivated since prehistoric times; grown for forage and grain)