pearl barley

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun Grains of barley that have been polished to remove the hull and bran.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun See barley.

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• noun Barley that has had the husk and bran removed.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun barley ground into small round pellets