HyperDic: french_rye

English > 1 sense of the expression *French rye*:
NOUN	plant	French rye, tall oat grass, tall meadow grass, evergreen grass, false oat, Arrhenatherum elatius	coarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat

English > *French rye*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	coarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat; found on roadside verges and rough grassland and in hay meadows; introduced in North America for forage.
Synonyms	tall oat grass, tall meadow grass, evergreen grass, false oat, Arrhenatherum elatius
Member of	Arrhenatherum, genus Arrhenatherum	oat grass
Broader	grass	Narrow-leaved green herbage