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English noun: rye

1. rye (plant) the seed of the cereal grass


Broader (hypernym)caryopsis, grain


Part meronymrye, 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


SynonymsSecale cereale


Broader (hypernym)cereal, cereal grass


Part holonymrye


Member meronymgenus Secale, Secale

3. rye (food) whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt


Synonymsrye whiskey, rye whisky


Broader (hypernym)whiskey, whisky









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