Indian rice Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun grains of aquatic grass of North America
    wild rice.

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Definitions
  1. ., a tall reedlike water grass (Zizania aquatica), bearing panicles of a long, slender grain, much used for food by North American Indians. It is common in shallow water in the Northern States. Called also water oat, Canadian wild rice, etc.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.), a reedlike water grass. See Rice.
  2. ., a tall reedlike water grass (Zizania aquatica), bearing panicles of a long, slender grain, much used for food by North American Indians. It is common in shallow water in the Northern States. Called also water oat, Canadian wild rice, etc.

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