Rye

(noun.) whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt.

(noun.) 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.

(noun.) the seed of the cereal grass.

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• Neolithic men cultivated and ate wheat, barley, and millet, but they knew nothing of oats or rye. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Patches of poor rye where corn should have been, patches of poor peas and beans, patches of most coarse vegetable substitutes for wheat. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• The durum or macaroni wheats do especially well; but other varieties are also grown, as are oats, rye, barley and spelt. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Corn, wheat, rye, in fact all cereals and grains, potatoes, and most vegetables are rich in carbohydrates; as are also sugar, molasses, honey, and maple sirup. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Grains, such as wheat, barley, rye and oats, were raised, a variety of fruits and vegetables, and great attention paid to the breeding of stock. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.

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