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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024rice /raɪs/USA pronunciation n., v., riced, ric•ing. n. [uncountable] - Plant Biologythe starchy seeds or grain of grass of marshy areas, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Plant Biologythe grass itself.
v. [~ + object] - to reduce to a form resembling rice:to rice potatoes.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rice (rīs),USA pronunciation n., v., riced, ric•ing. n. - Plant Biologythe starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- Plant Biologythe grass itself.
v.t. - to reduce to a form resembling rice:to rice potatoes.
- Medieval Greek orýzion, derivative of Greek óryza
- Italian riso, risi (in Medieval Latin risium)
- Old French
- Middle English ris, rys 1200–50
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Grant•land (grant′lənd),USA pronunciation 1880–1954, U.S. journalist. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: rice /raɪs/ n - 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
- the grain of this plant
vb - (transitive) US Canadian to sieve (potatoes or other vegetables) to a coarse mashed consistency, esp with a ricer
Etymology: 13th Century rys, via French, Italian, and Latin from Greek orūza, of Oriental origin |