Zizania

//zɪˈzeɪniə// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several aquatic North American grasses, of the genus Zizania, grown for their edible grain; wild rice.

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genus zizania

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin zizania (“cockle, tares”).

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north americanwild rice

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