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wild rice

wild rice noun: rice of any of four species of grasses which form the genus Zizania, which have edible grains and edible stems.

wild rice: rice of any of four species of grasses which form the genus Zizania, which have edible grains and...
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Noun

wild rice (usually uncountable, plural wild rices)

  1. (usually) Rice of any of four species of grasses which form the genus Zizania, which have edible grains and edible stems.
  2. (usually) Edible grain (edible rice) harvested from these grasses.
  3. (usually) Rice of species Oryza rufipogon

wild rice meaning in Tamil

wild rice in Tamil

அரணியதானியம், குளநெல், ஐவனம், நிவாரி, நீவாரம், வெண்ணெல்

Forms of wild rice

pluralwild rices

Questions about wild rice

What does wild rice mean?
Wild rice means rice of any of four species of grasses which form the genus Zizania, which have edible grains and edible stems.
What is wild rice in Tamil?
Wild rice in Tamil is அரணியதானியம், குளநெல், ஐவனம். See Wild rice meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is wild rice?
Wild rice is a noun.
What is the plural of wild rice?
The plural of wild rice is wild rices.

Words near wild rice in the dictionary

  1. wild quinines
  2. wild radish
  3. wild radishes
  4. wild rhubarb
  5. wild rhubarbs
  6. wild rice
  7. wild rices
  8. wild river
  9. wild rivers
  10. wild rue
  11. wild rues

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