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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wild rice

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.36 in modern English

Syllables
wild rice
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Rice of any of four species of grasses which form the genus Zizania, which have edible grains and edible stems.

Uncountable

noun

Edible grain (edible rice) harvested from these grasses.

Uncountable

noun

Rice of species Oryza rufipogon

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

wild rices (plural)

Synonyms

indian rice zizania aquatica

Questions

What does wild rice mean?
Rice of any of four species of grasses which form the genus Zizania, which have edible grains and edible stems.

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