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Definition of Zizania aquatica

Zizania aquatica
Rice Rice, n. [F. riz (cf. Pr. ris, It. riso), L. oryza, Gr. ???, ???, probably from the Persian; cf. OPers. br[=i]zi, akin to Skr. vr[=i]hi; or perh. akin to E. rye. Cf. Rye.] (Bot.) A well-known cereal grass (Oryza sativa) and its seed. This plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants. In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be overflowed. Ant rice. (Bot.) See under Ant. French rice. (Bot.) See Amelcorn. Indian rice., a tall reedlike water grass (Zizania aquatica), bearing panicles of a long, slender grain, much used for food by North American Indians. It is common in shallow water in the Northern States. Called also water oat, Canadian wild rice, etc. Mountain rice, any species of an American genus (Oryzopsis) of grasses, somewhat resembling rice. Rice bunting. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Ricebird. Rice hen (Zo["o]l.), the Florida gallinule. Rice mouse (Zo["o]l.), a large dark-colored field mouse (Calomys palistris) of the Southern United States. Rice paper, a kind of thin, delicate paper, brought from China, -- used for painting upon, and for the manufacture of fancy articles. It is made by cutting the pith of a large herb (Fatsia papyrifera, related to the ginseng) into one roll or sheet, which is flattened out under pressure. Called also pith paper. Rice troupial (Zo["o]l.), the bobolink. Rice water, a drink for invalids made by boiling a small quantity of rice in water. Rice-water discharge (Med.), a liquid, resembling rice water in appearance, which is vomited, and discharged from the bowels, in cholera. Rice weevil (Zo["o]l.), a small beetle (Calandra, or Sitophilus, oryz[ae]) which destroys rice, wheat, and Indian corn by eating out the interior; -- called also black weevil.

Meaning of Zizania aquatica from wikipedia

- most commonly harvested as grain are the annual species: Zizania palustris and Zizania aquatica. The former, though now domesticated and grown commercially...
- of gr**** and rice species, including Oryza sativa (Asian rice) and Zizania aquatica (wild rice). Symptoms of fungal infection in plants include small,...
- Texas rice Texmati Brazos Gulfrose Madison Pecos Rico Wild rice (Zizania aquatica) California New Variety rice Calhikari-201 Calmati-201 Calmochi rice...
- zizaniae is a plant pathogen that causes ergot in the wild rice species Zizania aquatica and Z. palustris. Originally described in 1920 as Spermoedia zizaniae...
- fall in more than one category. Hordeum pusillum, 'little barley' Zizania aquatica, 'wild rice' Amaranthus hybridus, 'smooth pigweed' Several plants were...
- scoparium (Andropogon scoparius) 2010 Minnesota Wild rice (state grain) Zizania aquatica 1977 Missouri Big bluestem Andropogon gerardii 2007 Montana Bluebunch...
- Poaceae (Meadow gr****es) Urochloa mutica (Tall pani****) Zizania aquatica (Annual wildrice) Zizania palustris (Northern wild rice (USA)) Zoysia ****onica (Zoysiagr****)...
- bulrushes, sedges, and barnyard gr****es. Seeds of annual wildrice (Zizania aquatica) and rice cutgr**** are eaten by soras in the eastern United States...
- aquaticus; wild rice, Zizania aquatica; water spinach, Ipomoea aquatica; parrot's-feather, Myriophyllum aquati****, aquaticus – aquatica – aquati**** arborescens...
- found in water that is 1 to 2 meters deep growing in ****ociation with Zizania aquatica, Sagittaria sp, Scirpus sp, and Typha sp; Nymphaea odorata var. tuberosa...