rye

noun

1. the seed of the cereal grass

   noun.plant

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. 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

   noun.plant

   Synonyms secale cereale

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt

   noun.food

   Synonyms rye whiskey rye whisky

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. A grain yielded by a hardy cereal grass (<i>Secale cereale</i>), closely allied to wheat; also, the plant itself. Rye constitutes a large portion of the breadstuff used by man.

   noun

   Source: webster1913