Indian rice

Indian rice
noun
grains of aquatic grass of North America
Syn: ↑wild rice
Hypernyms: ↑grain, ↑food grain, ↑cereal
Part Holonyms: ↑wild rice, ↑Zizania aquatica

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noun
Usage: usually capitalized I
Etymology: indian (II) 2
: wild rice 1a

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the wild rice plant.
[1815-25]

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Indian rice see ↑zizania
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Main Entry:Indian

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Indian rice,
an aquatic grass of North America; wild rice.

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