rye

n. variety of cereal grass cultivated for grain; seeds of the rye plant; bread made from grain of the rye plant; whiskey distilled from the grain of the rye plant

Rye (Secale cereale) is a grass grown extensively as a grain and forage crop. It is a member of the wheat tribe (Triticeae) and is closely related to barley and wheat. Rye grain is used for flour, rye bread, rye beer, some whiskies, some vodkas, and animal fodder. It can also be eaten whole, either as boiled rye berries, or by being rolled, similar to rolled oats.
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Rye may be:Rye, a cereal cropRyegrass, a common lawn grass of the genus LoliumRye whiskey, which is made primarily from rye grainRye bread, bread made with rye flourRYE, an initialism for Rotary Youth ExchangeThe Rye (Seinfeld episode), an episode of the TV series SeinfeldThe River Rye, the name of two rivers in the British IslesSportsklubben Rye, a cycling club in Oslo, NorwayThe Catcher in the Rye, a novel by J.D. Salinger
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Noun
1. the seed of the cereal grass
(hypernym) grain, caryopsis
(part-holonym) Secale cereale
2. 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
(synonym) Secale cereale
(hypernym) cereal, cereal grass
(member-holonym) Secale, genus Secale
3. whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt
(synonym) rye whiskey, rye whisky
(hypernym) whiskey, whisky

n. rye, whiskey distilled from the grain of the rye plant; variety of cereal grass cultivated for grain; seeds of the rye plant; bread made from grain of the rye plant

(n.)
A grain yielded by a hardy cereal grass (Secale cereale), closely allied to wheat; also, the plant itself. Rye constitutes a large portion of the breadstuff used by man.
  

(n.)
A disease in a hawk.