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northern wild rice

northern wild rice noun: wild rice of the species Zizania palustris, native to Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, and Canada north and west of the Great Lakes.

northern wild rice: wild rice of the species Zizania palustris, native to Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, and...
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Noun

northern wild rice (uncountable)

  1. Wild rice of the species Zizania palustris, native to Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, and Canada north and west of the Great Lakes.
    Synonyms:
    Indian rice, Canada rice, manoomin, mnomen

Synonyms of northern wild rice

  • Indian rice
  • Canada rice
  • manoomin
  • mnomen

Questions about northern wild rice

What does northern wild rice mean?
Northern wild rice means wild rice of the species Zizania palustris, native to Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan, and Canada north and west of the Great Lakes.
What part of speech is northern wild rice?
Northern wild rice is a noun.

Words near northern wild rice in the dictionary

  1. northern wheatear
  2. northern wheatears
  3. northern white pine
  4. northern whiting
  5. northern whitings
  6. northern wild rice
  7. northern wiretail
  8. northern wiretails
  9. northern wolffish
  10. northern woodrush
  11. northerner

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