The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hordeum hexastichon
Bear \Bear\, Bere \Bere\ (b[=e]r), n. [AS. bere. See Barley.] (Bot.) Barley; the six-rowed barley or the four-rowed barley, commonly the former ( Hordeum hexastichon or Hordeum vulgare). [Obs. except in North of Eng. and Scot.]