NOUN: "a hardy annual grass (Secale cereale) that is widely grown for grain" Crossword Clue

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NOUN: "a hardy annual grass (Secale cereale) that is widely grown for grain" Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. hardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern Europe where its grain is the chief ingredient of black bread and in North America for forage and soil improvement
2. whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SECALE (noun)
1. cereal grass widely cultivated for its grain: rye
ANNUAL (noun)
1. a reference book that is published regularly once every year
2. (botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year
ANNUAL (adjective)
1. occurring or payable every year
2. completing its life cycle within a year

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