rye: Meaning and Definition of

rye

1. a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
2. the seeds or grain of this plant, used for making flour and whiskey, and as a livestock feed.
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4. a straight whiskey distilled from a mash containing 51 percent or more rye grain.
5. a blended whiskey.

1. made with rye grain or flour:Also called rye rolls.

rye

1. a male Gypsy.

Rye

1. a city in SE New York, on Long Island Sound. 15,083.