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Definition of rye noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

rye

noun
/raɪ/ rye pronunciation American
[uncountable]
 
a plant that looks like barley but that produces larger grain, grown as food for animals and for making flour and whiskey; the grain of this plant
rye breadrye whiskey