rye

黑麦；裸麦；裸麦粒

rye

a tall hardy widely cultivated annual grass, Secale cereale, having soft bluish-green leaves, bristly flower spikes, and light brown grainSee wild rye

the grain of this grass, used in making flour and whiskey, and as a livestock food

Also called: rye whiskey whiskey distilled from rye. US whiskey must by law contain not less than 51 per cent rye

short for rye bread

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a gentleman