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Oryza

noun

rice

• Syn: ↑genus Oryza

• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms:

↑Gramineae, ↑family Gramineae, ↑Graminaceae, ↑family Graminaceae, ↑Poaceae, ↑family Poaceae, ↑grass family

• Member Meronyms: ↑rice

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\\ōˈrīzə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, rice

: a small genus (family Gramineae) of tropical cereal grasses having perfect flowers with six stamens — see rice

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Oryza /ö- or ō-rīˈzə/

noun

A tropical genus of grasses, including rice

ORIGIN: Gr oryza

Useful english dictionary. 2012.