ETYM Old Eng. barein, Old Fren. brehaing, fem. brehaigne, baraigne, French bréhaigne; of uncertain origin; cf. Arm. brékhañ, markhañ, sterile; Late Lat. brana a sterile mare, principally in Aquitanian and Spanish documents; Bisc. barau, baru, fasting.
(Homonym: baron).
1. Incapable of sustaining life.
2. Not bearing offspring; SYN. sterile.
3. Not fertile or productive; SYN. infertile.

Množina: barrens

An uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; SYN. waste, wasteland.

Množina: barren ground caribous

Of tundra of northern Canada; in some classifications included in the species Rangifer tarandus; SYN. Rangifer arcticus.

Množina: Barren Grounds

Treeless plains N Canada W of Hudson Bay

Množina: Barren Lands

Or Grounds; tundra region of Canada, W of Hudson Bay.

Completely wanting or lacking; SYN. destitute of, devoid of, empty of, innocent of, void of.

Množina: barren soils

Množina: barrenars

Emptily; in an unproductive manner, infertilely

Množina: barrennesses

The state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children.

Množina: barrenworts

Slow-growing creeping plant with semi-evergreen leaves on erect wiry stems; used as ground cover; SYN. bishop's hat, Epimedium grandiflorum.