rye
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
rye/rʌɪ/
▶noun
- 1 a wheat-like cereal plant which tolerates poor soils and low temperatures. [Secale cereale.]
- 2 (also rye whisky) whisky in which a significant amount of the grain used in distillation is fermented rye.
- 3 short for rye bread.
– origin OE ryge, of Gmc origin.
'rye' also found in these Oxford entries:
awn
- black bread
- bourbon
- cereal
- crispbread
- ergot
- kvass
- pumpernickel
- rye bread
- triticale
- vodka
- whisky
