a plant that looks like barley but that produces larger grain, grown as food for animals and for making flour and whisky; the grain of this plant 黑麦；黑麦粒 
rye bread 黑麦面包 rye whisky 黑麦威士忌酒
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRye is used before these nouns:- bread
- flour
- whisky
- …
Word OriginOld English ryge, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rogge and German Roggen.
