Category:Rye

Rye, n. Etym: [oe. rie, reie, as. ryge; akin to icel. rugr, sw. råg, 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.)

Defn: 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.

2. A disease in a hawk. Ainsworth. 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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---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Rye - =Rie (Heb. kussemeth ), found in Exodus 9:32; Isaiah 28:25, in all of which the margins of the Authorized and of the Revised Category:Versions have "spelt." This Hebrew word also occurs in Ezekiel 4:9, where the Authorized Category:Version has "fitches" (q.v.) and the Revised Category:Version "spelt." This, there can be no doubt, was the Triticum spelta, a species of hard, rough-grained wheat.