שִׁיפוֹן, rye; [oth. opin.] oats. Pes. II, 5; ib. 35ᵃ (classified with barley) expl. דִּישְׁרָא; Men. 70ᵃ sq. Ḥall. I, 1. Y. ib. 57ᵇ top (ref. to Is. XXVIII, 25) נסמן זה הש׳ nisman means shifon. Ib. middle ברם כרבנן … הש׳ מין כוסמין וכ׳ but in the opinion of the Rabbis there are only three kinds of grain, shifon is a species of spelt &c. Kil. I, 1 הכוסמין והש׳ … אינן וכ׳ spelt and shifon are not heterogeneous (may be sown together). Kel. IX, 8 (Var. in Hai Gaon שִׁיפָה, v. Maim. a. l.; Var. שיפין, חשיפה through mistaking שיפה), v. מִיצָה.—[Greek σιφώνιον a kind of oats.]