rye

noun

1. 1

   A grain used extensively in Europe for making bread, beer, and (now generally) for animal fodder.

2. 2

   The grass Secale cereale from which the grain is obtained.

3. 3

   Rye bread.

4. 4

   Rye whiskey.

5. 5

   Caraway (from the mistaken assumption that the whole seeds, often used to season rye bread, are the rye itself)

6. 6

   Ryegrass, any of the species of Lolium.

7. 7

   A disease of hawks.