Cereal grass (3 letters)

{ Answer }

RYE

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Catcher locale?
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Certain whiskey
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{ Tags }

alternative, bar, bread, catcher, cereal, choice, crop, deli, grain, grass, ham, ingredient, kind, loaf, manhattan, order, pumpernickel, rye, seeds, whisky, white

{ Notes }

The answer RYE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 80 puzzles.

{ Definition }

RYE as a noun:

1. the seed of the cereal grass

2. (rye, Secale cereale) = 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

3. (rye, rye whiskey, rye whisky) = whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt