Rye - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: ryeRye
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...
darnel
Any grass of the genus Lolium esp the Lolium temulentum bearded darnel the grains of which have been reputed poisonous Other species as Lolium perenne rye grass or ray grass and its variety Lolium Italicum Italian rye grass are highly esteemed for pasture and for making hay...
Bran
The broken coat of the seed of wheat rye or other cereal grain separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting the coarse chaffy part of ground grain...
Breadcorn
Corn of grain of which bread is made as wheat rye etc...
Cinque Ports
Five English ports to which peculiar privileges were anciently accorded viz Hastings Romney Hythe Dover and Sandwich afterwards increased by the addition of Winchelsea Rye and some minor places...
Conglutin
A variety of vegetable casein resembling legumin and found in almonds rye wheat etc...
Cornfield
A field where corn is or has been growing in England a field of wheat rye barley or oats in America a field of Indian corn...
Ensilage
The process of preserving fodder such as cornstalks rye oats millet etc by compressing it while green and fresh in a pit or vat called a silo where it is kept covered from the air as the ensilage of fodder...
Ergot
A diseased condition of rye and other cereals in which the grains become black and often spur shaped It is caused by a parasitic fungus Claviceps purpurea...
Ergotized
Affected with the ergot fungus as ergotized rye...
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