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Rye
Rye (Secale cereale) is a grass grown extensively as a grain, a cover crop and a forage crop. It is a member of the wheat tribe (Triticeae) and is closely related to barley (genus Hordeum) and wheat (Triticum). Rye grain is used for flour, bread, beer, crisp bread, some whiskeys, some vodkas, and animal fodder. It can also be eaten whole, either as boiled rye berries or by being rolled, similar to rolled oats.
Rye is a cereal grain and should not be confused with ryegrass, which is used for lawns, pasture, and hay for livestock.
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Whiskey (noun)
A liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain (as rye, corn, or barley).
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Whiskey (noun)
A drink of whiskey.
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Whiskey (noun)
The letter W in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
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Rye (noun)
A grain used extensively in Europe for making bread, beer, and (now generally) for animal fodder. from 8th c.
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Rye (noun)
The grass Secale cereale from which the grain is obtained. from 14th c.
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Rye (noun)
Rye bread. from 19th c.
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Rye (noun)
Rye whiskey. from 19th c.
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Rye (noun)
Caraway (from the mistaken assumption that the whole seeds, often used to season rye bread, are the rye itself)
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Rye (noun)
Ryegrass, any of the species of Lolium.
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Rye (noun)
A disease of hawks.