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noun

Rye n.

(Bot.) 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.

A disease in a hawk.

Rye grass, Italian rye grass, (Bot.) See under Grass. See also Ray grass, and Darnel.

Wild rye (Bot.), any plant of the genus Elymus, tall grasses with much the appearance of rye.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Rye grass" Quotes from Famous Books

... that I have not cups enough, nor indeed tea enough, for the whole company." Thereupon hurrying up the ascent, I presently found myself outside the dingle. It was as usual a brilliant morning, the dewy blades of the rye grass which covered the plain sparkled brightly in the beams of the sun, which had probably been about two hours above the horizon. A rather numerous body of my ancient friends and allies occupied the ground in ...

— The Romany Rye - A Sequel to 'Lavengro' • George Borrow