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ORYZA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Oryza mean? 

ORYZA (noun)
  The noun ORYZA has 1 sense:

1. riceplay

  Familiarity information: ORYZA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ORYZA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Rice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Oryza; Oryza

Hypernyms ("Oryza" is a kind of...):

liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

Meronyms (members of "Oryza"):

rice (annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper)

Holonyms ("Oryza" is a member of...):

family Graminaceae; family Gramineae; family Poaceae; Graminaceae; Gramineae; grass family; Poaceae (the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane)


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