wild rice
wild rice growing in the Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Meaning
Noun
- Any one of the four species of grasses which form the genus Zizania, which have edible grains and edible stems.
- The edible grain (the edible rice) which is harvested from these grasses.
- Oryza rufipogon (species)
Related
Similar words
- Canada rice, Indian rice, water oats
Narrower meaning words
- annual wild rice (Zizania aquatica (species)), Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia), northern wild rice (Zizania palustris (species)), Texas wild rice (Zizania texana (species))
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