rye
A grain used extensively in Europe for making bread, beer, and (now generally) for animal fodder. 
Example
“They bought a sack of rye and a sack of wheat with the intent to try their hand at milling and baking.”
Other meanings
The grass Secale cereale from which the grain is obtained. 
“This field will be planted to rye next spring.”
whiskey made mainly or wholly from rye grain. 
“He likes any whiskey, but his favorite is rye.”
A kind of
- grain
Word history
From Old English "ryġe".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “rye” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.