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Definition of Zizania

Zizania
Zizania i*za"ni*a, n. [NL., from L. zizanium darnel, cockle, Gr. ?.] (Bot.) A genus of grasses including Indian rice. See Indian rice, under Rice.

Meaning of Zizania from wikipedia

- or water oats, is any of four species of gr****es that form the genus Zizania, and the grain that can be harvested from them. The grain was historically...
- Zizania latifolia, known as Manchurian wild rice (Chinese: 菰; pinyin: gū), is the only member of the wild rice genus Zizania native to Asia. It is used...
- USLHT Zizania was a steel-hulled steamship built as a lighthouse tender in 1888. Over four decades of government service she sailed for the U.S. Lighthouse...
- Zizania texana is a rare species of gr**** known by the common name Texas wild rice. It is endemic to Texas, where it is found only on the upper San Marcos...
- are varieties of African rice (Oryza glaberrima) and wild rice (genus Zizania). Rice may vary in genetics, grain length, color, thickness, stickiness...
- Griff. Pharus aristatus Retz. Leersia aristata (Retz.) Roxb. Zizania retzii Spreng. Zizania aristata (Retz.) ****h Potamochloa retzii Griff. Potamochloa...
- and the name southern wildrice refers to its resemblance to wildrice (Zizania spp.). It is native to the southeastern United States and it can also be...
- contains 11 genera, including both cultivated rice (Oryza) and wild rice (Zizania). There are 11 genera classified in two subtribes: Soreng, Robert J.; Peterson...
- S. terrestris Binomial name Scleria terrestris (L.) F****ett Synonyms Scleria cochinchinensis Scleria doederleiniana Scleria elata Zizania terrestris...
- wild rice (Zizania latifolia), also known as Manchurian ricegr****, Asian wild rice, and wateroat. This gr**** is its only known host. Zizania latifolia...