English noun: rye | |||
1. | rye (plant) the seed of the cereal grass | ||
Broader (hypernym) | caryopsis, grain | ||
Part meronym | rye, Secale cereale | ||
2. | rye (plant) 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 | ||
Synonyms | Secale cereale | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cereal, cereal grass | ||
Part holonym | rye | ||
Member meronym | genus Secale, Secale | ||
3. | rye (food) whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt | ||
Synonyms | rye whiskey, rye whisky | ||
Broader (hypernym) | whiskey, whisky | ||