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Oryza   Listen
proper noun
Oryza  n.  (Bot.) A genus of grasses including the rice plant; rice.





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"Oryza" Quotes from Famous Books



... Rice (Oryza sativa) whilst in the husk is called padi by the Malays (from whose language the word seems to have found its way to the maritime parts of the continent of India), bras when deprived of the husk, and nasi after it has been boiled; besides which it assumes other names in its various ...
— The History of Sumatra - Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And - Manners Of The Native Inhabitants • William Marsden


Words linked to "Oryza" :   monocot genus, family Graminaceae, family Gramineae, family Poaceae, rice, Poaceae


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