rice
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the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
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the grass itself.
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a food that is chopped or otherwise processed to resemble rice (used in combination): sweet potato rice.
cauliflower rice;
sweet potato rice.
verb (used with object)
noun
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Anne, 1941–2021, U.S. novelist.
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Dan Daniel McLaren, 1823–1900, U.S. circus clown, circus owner, and Union patriot.
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Elmer, 1892–1967, U.S. playwright.
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Jerry Lee, born 1962, U.S. football player.
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Grantland 1880–1954, U.S. journalist.
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an erect grass, Oryza sativa , that grows in East Asia on wet ground and has drooping flower spikes and yellow oblong edible grains that become white when polished
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the grain of this plant
verb
acronym
noun
Etymology
Origin of rice
First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English ris, rys, from Old French, from Italian riso, risi (in Medieval Latin risium ), from Medieval Greek orýzion, derivative of Greek óryza, from an Iranian language, e.g., Old Persian brizi, Pashto vrižē; akin to Sanskrit vrīhi-, perhaps ultimately of Dravidian origin
Example Sentences
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Headline inflation in the Philippines is expected to be driven by higher rice prices, said Barclays economists.
"Every day is the same hunger, the same misery", he says, stirring a pot of white rice – so at the very least his daughter will come home from school to something hot to eat.
From BBC
They will target unfair trade practices such as excess capacity, forced labor, discrimination versus digital tech companies, and subsidies for rice and seafood.
From Barron's
In return, South American producers of meat, sugar, rice, honey and soybeans gain easier access to one of the world's largest economies.
From Barron's
"But I bought some the day before yesterday for 19m rials a kilo - more than double. I bought Iranian rice in the late summer for 1.7m rials a kilo, now it's 3.8m."
From BBC
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