gerst

Definitions of gerst
  1. noun
    cultivated since prehistoric times; grown for forage and grain
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    types:
    muizegerst
    European annual grass often found as a weed in waste ground especially along roadsides and hedgerows
    type of:
    graan, graansoort, koren
    grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet
  2. noun
    a grain of barley
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    types:
    parelgerst, parelgort
    barley ground into small round pellets
    type of:
    graan, graanproduct, graanprodukt, koren, vlam
    foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
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