genus Secale

Definitions of genus Secale
  1. noun
    cereal grass widely cultivated for its grain: rye
    synonyms: Secale
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    type of:
    liliopsid genus, monocot genus
    genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
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