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Rye

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Noun

1. rye

the seed of the cereal grass

2. rye, secale cereale

hardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern Europe where its grain is the chief ingredient of black bread and in North America for forage and soil improvement

3. rye, rye whiskey, rye whisky

whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Rye

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noun
1. 
a tall hardy widely cultivated annual grass, Secale cereale, having soft bluish-green leaves, bristly flower spikes, and light brown grain
See also wild rye
2. 
the grain of this grass, used in making flour and whiskey, and as a livestock food
3. Also called: rye whiskey
whiskey distilled from rye. US whiskey must by law contain not less than 51 per cent rye
4. US short for ryebread
noun
dialect
a gentleman
noun
a resort in SE England, in East Sussex: one of the Cinque Ports. Pop: 4195 (2001)

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Rye

see synonyms of rye
noun
1. 
a hardy cereal grass (Secale cereale) widely grown for its grain and straw
2. 
the grain or seeds of this plant, used for making flour and whiskey, and as feed for livestock
3.  US
whiskey distilled wholly or chiefly from this grain
4. 
rye bread
noun
a Gypsy man or gentleman

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Rye

see synonyms of rye
n.
1. A cereal grass (Secale cereale) of cool climates, widely cultivated for its grain.
2. The grain of this plant, ground into flour or used in making whiskey and for livestock feed.
3. Rye bread.
4. Whiskey made from the grains of this plant.
n.
A Romani man.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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