ORYZA SATIVA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Yields the staple food of 50 percent of world's population

Synonyms:

cultivated rice; Oryza sativa

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Oryza sativa" is a kind of...):

rice (annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper)

Meronyms (parts of "Oryza sativa"):

rice (grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished)

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