ZIZANIA AQUATICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Zizania aquatica mean? 

• ZIZANIA AQUATICA (noun)
  The noun ZIZANIA AQUATICA has 1 sense:

1. perennial aquatic grass of North America bearing grain used for food

  Familiarity information: ZIZANIA AQUATICA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ZIZANIA AQUATICA (noun)

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Meaning:

Perennial aquatic grass of North America bearing grain used for food

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

wild rice; Zizania aquatica

Hypernyms ("Zizania aquatica" is a kind of...):

cereal; cereal grass (grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet)

Meronyms (parts of "Zizania aquatica"):

Indian rice; wild rice (grains of aquatic grass of North America)

Holonyms ("Zizania aquatica" is a member of...):

genus Zizania; Zizania (wild rice)