wild rye

/waɪld raɪ/
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Definitions of wild rye
  1. noun
    any of several grasses of the genus Elymus
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    types:
    Canada wild rye, Elymus canadensis
    North American wild rye
    Elymus caput-medusae, medusa's head
    weedy rye grass having long bristling awns
    type of:
    grass
    narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay
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