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Rye Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Rye? [n] distilled from rye or rye and malt [n] 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 [n] the seed of the cereal grass Synonyms \| Synonyms for Rye: rye whiskey \| rye whisky \| Secale cereale Related Terms \| Find terms related to Rye: See Also \| caryopsis \| cereal \| cereal grass \| genus Secale \| grain \| rye \| Secale \| whiskey \| whisky Rye In Webster's Dictionary \Rye\, n. [OE. rie, reie, AS. ryge; akin to Icel. rugr, Sw. r[*a]g, Dan. rug, D. rogge, OHG. rocco, roggo, G. rocken, roggen, Lith. rugei, Russ. roje, and perh. to Gr. 'o`ryza rice. Cf. {Rice}.] 1. (Bot.) A grain yielded by a hardy cereal grass ({Secale cereale}), closely allied to wheat; also, the plant itself. Rye constitutes a large portion of the breadstuff used by man. 2. A disease in a hawk. --Ainsworth. {Rye grass}, {Italian rye grass}, (Bot.) See under {Grass}. See also {Ray grass}, and {Darnel}. {Wild rye} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Elymus}, tall grasses with much the appearance of rye.

Rye Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Rye?

[n] distilled from rye or rye and malt
[n] 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
[n] the seed of the cereal grass

Synonyms | Synonyms for Rye: rye whiskey | rye whisky | Secale cereale

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Rye In Webster's Dictionary

\Rye\, n. [OE. rie, reie, AS. ryge; akin to Icel. rugr, Sw.
r[*a]g, Dan. rug, D. rogge, OHG. rocco, roggo, G. rocken,
roggen, Lith. rugei, Russ. roje, and perh. to Gr. 'o`ryza
rice. Cf. {Rice}.]
1. (Bot.) A grain yielded by a hardy cereal grass ({Secale
   cereale}), closely allied to wheat; also, the plant
   itself. Rye constitutes a large portion of the breadstuff
   used by man.

2. A disease in a hawk. --Ainsworth.

{Rye grass}, {Italian rye grass}, (Bot.) See under {Grass}.
   See also {Ray grass}, and {Darnel}.

{Wild rye} (Bot.), any plant of the genus {Elymus}, tall
   grasses with much the appearance of rye.

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