northern wild rice

Ojibwes harvesting northern wild rice

Meaning

Noun

  • Zizania palustris (species), a species of wild rice, native to Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, and Canada north and west of the Great Lakes.

Related

Similar words

  • Indian rice, Canada rice

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