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WILD RICE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Grains of aquatic grass of North America

Synonyms:

Indian rice; wild rice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("wild rice" is a kind of...):

cereal; food grain; grain (foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses)

Holonyms ("wild rice" is a part of...):

wild rice; Zizania aquatica (perennial aquatic grass of North America bearing grain used for food)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Perennial aquatic grass of North America bearing grain used for food

Synonyms:

wild rice; Zizania aquatica

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("wild rice" is a kind of...):

cereal; cereal grass (grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet)

Meronyms (parts of "wild rice"):

Indian rice; wild rice (grains of aquatic grass of North America)

Holonyms ("wild rice" is a member of...):

genus Zizania; Zizania (wild rice)

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