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• rye-straw — ryeˈ straw noun and adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑rye …   Useful english dictionary

• Straw — is an agricultural by product, the dry of a cereal plant, after the grain or seed has been removed. Straw makes up about half of the yield of cereal crops such as barley, oats, rice, rye and wheat. In times gone by, it was regarded as a useful by …   Wikipedia

• Straw — Straw, n. [OE. straw, stre, stree, AS. stre[ a]w, from the root of E. strew; akin to OFries. str[=e], D. stroo, G. stroh, OHG. str[=o], Icel. str[=a], Dan. straa, Sw. str[*a]. [root]166. See {Strew}.] 1. A stalk or stem of certain species of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Rye — For other uses, see Rye (disambiguation). Rye Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) …   Wikipedia

• Straw marquetry — is a craft very similar to that of wood marquetry, except that straw replaces the wood veneer. It is thought to have first been practised in the East; examples were brought to England in the 17th century.To mimick the varying shades of wood… …   Wikipedia

• rye — rye1 [rī] n. [ME < OE ryge, akin to Ger roggen < IE base * wrughyo , rye > Lith rugỹs, rye grain] 1. a hardy cereal grass (Secale cereale) widely grown for its grain and straw 2. the grain or seeds of this plant, used for making flour… …   English World dictionary

• straw — strawless, adj. strawlike, adj. /straw/, n. 1. a single stalk or stem, esp. of certain species of grain, chiefly wheat, rye, oats, and barley. 2. a mass of such stalks, esp. after drying and threshing, used as fodder. 3. material, fibers, etc.,… …   Universalium

• Man of straw — Straw Straw, n. [OE. straw, stre, stree, AS. stre[ a]w, from the root of E. strew; akin to OFries. str[=e], D. stroo, G. stroh, OHG. str[=o], Icel. str[=a], Dan. straa, Sw. str[*a]. [root]166. See {Strew}.] 1. A stalk or stem of certain species… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• rye — rye1 /ruy/, n. 1. a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one nerved glumes and two or three flowered spikelets. 2. the seeds or grain of this plant, used for making flour and whiskey, and as a livestock feed. 3. See rye bread. 4 …   Universalium

• Rye — /ruy/, n. a city in SE New York, on Long Island Sound. 15,083. * * * Cereal grass (Secale cereale) and its edible grain, used to make rye bread and rye whiskey, as livestock feed, and as a pasture plant. Native to South Asia, today it is grown… …   Universalium

• Straw paintings — By modelling and playing with straw, our great grandmothers have long ago started weaving straw and making wonderful artistic objects. As time passed, they acquired more skill in working with straw and a century ago, created a very specific art… …   Wikipedia