RYE


Meaning of RYE in English

n.1 a a cereal plant, Secale cereale, with spikes bearing florets which yield wheatlike grains. b the grain of this used for bread and fodder.

2 (in full rye whisky) whisky distilled from fermented rye.

Etymology: OE ryge f. Gmc

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.