HyperDic: secale

English > 1 sense of the word Secale:
NOUNplantSecale, genus Secalecereal grass widely cultivated for its grain
English > Secale: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningcereal grass widely cultivated for its grain: rye.
Synonymgenus Secale
Member ofGramineae, family Gramineae, Graminaceae, family Graminaceae, Poaceae, family Poaceae, grass familyThe grasses
Membersrye, Secale cerealeHardy 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
Broadermonocot genus, liliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
Spanishgenus secale, secale
Catalangenus secale, secale, Secale

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