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Noun: barleycorn  'baa(r)-lee,korn
  1. A grain of barley
    "A single barleycorn was used as a unit of measurement in shoemaking";
    - barley

Derived forms: barleycorns

Type of: cereal, food grain, grain

Part of: common barley, Hordeum vulgare

Encyclopedia: Barleycorn, William