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1. (n.) rye
a widely cultivated cereal grass,
Secale cereale.
2. rye
the seeds or grain of this plant, used for making flour and whiskey, and as a livestock feed.
3. rye
Also called rye whiskey.
4. rye
a straight whiskey distilled from a mash containing 51 percent or more rye grain.
5. rye
Northeastern U.S. and Canada. a blended whiskey.
6. (n.) rye
a Gypsy man.
Etymology: (1850–55; < Romany rai)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) rye
the seed of the cereal grass
2. (noun) 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
3. (noun) rye, rye whiskey, rye whisky
whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt
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1. (noun) rye
a type of grain
rye bread
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) rye
a grain yielded by a hardy cereal grass (Secale cereale), closely allied to wheat; also, the plant itself. Rye constitutes a large portion of the breadstuff used by man
2. (noun) rye
a disease in a hawk
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. rye
an interesting old port in the SE. corner of Sussex, situated on rising ground flanked by two streams, 63 m. SE. from London, one of the Cinque Ports (q. v.); the retiral of the sea has left it now 2 m. inland; has a fine Norman and Early English church.
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Sense: a kind of cereal.
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 Afrikaans: rog |
 Arabic: جاوْدار |
 Bulgarian: ръж |
 Brazilian: centeio |
 Czech: žito |
 German: der Roggen |
 Danish: rug |
 Greek: σίκαλη |
 Spanish: centeno |
 Estonian: rukis |
 Farsi: گنم ساه |
 Finnish: ruis |
 French: seigle |
 Hebrew: שִׁיפוֹן |
 Hindi: राई, घास, धान्य, मदिरा |
 Croatian: raž |
 Hungarian: rozs |
 Indonesian: gandum hitam |
 Icelandic: rúgur |
 Italian: segale |
 Japanese: ライ麦 |
 Korean: 호밀 |
 Lithuanian: rugys |
 Latvian: rudzi |
 Malay: rai |
 Dutch: rogge |
 Norwegian: rug |
 Polish: żyto |
 Persian: گنم ساه |
 Pashto: د تور غنمو ډوډی |
 Portuguese: centeio |
 Romanian: secară |
 Russian: рожь |
 Slovak: žito; raž |
 Slovenian: rž |
 Serbian: raž |
 Swedish: råg |
 Thai: ธัญพืชคล้ายข้าวสาลี ใช้ทำ |
 Turkish: çavdar |
 Taiwanese: 黑麥 |
 Ukrainian: жито |
 Urdu: رءی |
 Vietnamese: lúa mạch đen |
 Chinese: 黑麦 |
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