| NOUN | plant | rye | the seed of the cereal grass |
|---|---|---|---|
| plant | 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 | |
| food | rye, rye whiskey, rye whisky | whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt |
| Sounds | ray' | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | cry ... wry: 14 rhymes with ray... | |
| Meaning | The seed of the cereal grass. | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of | 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 |
| Broader | grain, caryopsis | dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses |
| Meaning | 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | Secale cereale | |
| Member of | Secale, genus Secale | cereal grass widely cultivated for its grain |
| Parts | rye | The seed of the cereal grass |
| Broader | cereal, cereal grass | grass whose starchy grains are used as food |
| Spanish | centeno, secale cereale | |
| Catalan | secale cereale, Secale cereale, sègoll, sègol | |
| Meaning | whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | rye whiskey, rye whisky | |
| Broader | whiskey, whisky | A liquor made from fermented mash of grain |
| Spanish | centeno, whiskey de centeno, whisky de centeno | |
| Catalan | sègol | |
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