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rye 音標拼音: [r'ɑɪ] n. 稞麥,麥田;稞麥威士忌酒 稞麥,麥田;稞麥威士忌酒 rye n 1: the seed of the cereal grass 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: { rye}, { Secale cereale}] 3: whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt [ synonym: { rye}, { rye whiskey}, { rye whisky}] Rye \ Rye\ ( r[ imac]), n. [ OE. rie, reie, AS. ryge; akin to Icel. rugr, Sw. r[* a] g, Dan. rug, D. rogge, OHG. rocco, roggo, G. rocken, roggen, Lith. rugei, Russ. roje, and perh. to Gr. ' o` ryza rice. Cf. { Rice}.] 1. ( 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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A disease in a hawk. -- Ainsworth. [ 1913 Webster] { 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. [ 1913 Webster] |
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