WILD RICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wild rice mean? 

• WILD RICE (noun)
  The noun WILD RICE has 2 senses:

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

2. grains of aquatic grass of North America

  Familiarity information: WILD RICE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WILD RICE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Perennial aquatic grass of North America bearing grain used for food

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

wild rice; Zizania aquatica

Hypernyms ("wild rice" 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 "wild rice"):

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

Holonyms ("wild rice" is a member of...):

genus Zizania; Zizania (wild rice)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Grains of aquatic grass of North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

Indian rice; wild rice

Hypernyms ("wild rice" is a kind of...):

cereal; food grain; grain (foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses)

Holonyms ("wild rice" is a part of...):

wild rice; Zizania aquatica (perennial aquatic grass of North America bearing grain used for food)

 Context examples 

A human nutrition study reaffirms the health benefits of substituting refined-grain products like white bread with whole-grain foods like whole-wheat bread, oatmeal, barley, rye, and brown or wild rice.

(Whole Grains Deliver on Health Benefits, U.S. Department of Agriculture)