Barley vs. Awn: What's the Difference?

A grass in the genus Hordeum native to temperate regions, having flowers in terminal, often long-awned spikes and widely cultivated for its grain.

A slender bristle, especially one at the tip of a glume or lemma in a grass spikelet.

The grain of H. vulgare or its varieties, used in malt production and as food for livestock and humans.

The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.

A cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare, or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.

The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.

(Singapore) seed of Job's tears Coix lacryma-jobi

Slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses

A valuable grain, of the family of grasses, genus Hordeum, used for food, and for making malt, from which are prepared beer, ale, and whisky.

A grain of barley

Cultivated since prehistoric times; grown for forage and grain