Rye (Noun)

Meaning ¹

Whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt.

Classification

Nouns denoting foods and drinks.

Synonyms

• Rye Whisky
• Rye Whiskey

Hypernyms

• Whisky

Meaning ²

The seed of the cereal grass.

Classification

Nouns denoting plants.

Examples

• Rye is a cool-season crop that grows well in many regions.
• The field was planted with rye in the fall to act as a cover crop.
• The farmers harvested the rye in late summer when it was fully mature.
• Rye is a hardy seed that can tolerate poor soil and cold temperatures.
• The scientist studied the effects of climate change on the yield of rye crops.

Hypernyms

• Caryopsis

Meaning ³

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.

Classification

Nouns denoting plants.

Synonyms

• Secale Cereale

Hypernyms

• Cereal Grass