plural of rye flake

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rye, seed. / Caraway seed, used whole as a flavoring in the best-known type of rye bread, and often mistakenly assumed to be the rye itself.

Any of the grasses of genera Elymus or Leymus.

(US) rye whiskey sweetened with rock candy, formerly used medicinally

plural of rye seed

plural of rye-worm

The larva of a fly, Chlorops pumilionis, an agricultural pest which feeds on stems of several species of grain and other grasses.

(dated) A gentleman who cultivates the acquaintance of Gypsies.

(folklore) An evil creature of German folklore lurking in the rye-fields.

The haircap moss.