rye seed

noun

Caraway seed, used whole as a flavoring in the best-known type of rye bread, and often mistakenly assumed to be the rye itself.

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Meanings

nounrye seed (plural rye seeds)

plural rye seeds

  1. Caraway seed, used whole as a flavoring in the best-known type of rye bread, and often mistakenly assumed to be the rye itself.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rye, seed.
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APA

rye seed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rye%20seed

MLA

“rye seed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rye%20seed. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rye seed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rye%20seed.

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