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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Rye

/(rī)/ · IPA /ɹaɪ/
01 n. A grain yielded by a hardy cereal grass (Secale cereale), closely allied to wheat; also, the plant itself. Rye constitutes a large portion…
  1. 1.
    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.(Bot.)
  2. 2.
    A disease in a hawk.
Phrases & compounds
Rye grass — See under Grass. See also Ray grass, and Darnel.
Wild rye — any plant of the genus Elymus, tall grasses with much the appearance of rye.