Rye
WordNet
noun
(1) Whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt
(2) 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) The seed of the cereal grass
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Etymology
From , from . Cognates include Germanic Old Norse (Danish , Swedish ), German and from non-Germanic Indo-European Russian and Old Prussian .
Noun
- A grass, Secale cereale, or its grains used for food and fodder. Scientific name: Secale cereale.
- Rye whisky.
- Rye bread.