What is the meaning of rye?

noun

  • The seed of the cereal grass.
  • 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.
  • Whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt.
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