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- DictionaryRice/rīs/
noun
- 1. a swamp grass which is widely cultivated as a source of food, especially in Asia.
verb
- 1. force (cooked potatoes or other vegetables) through a sieve or ricer: North American "riced boiled potatoes"
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Staple grain of Oryza and Zizania species
Rice is a cereal grain, and in its domesticated form is the staple food for over half of the world's human population, particularly in Asia and Africa, due to the vast amount of soil that is able to grow rice. Rice is the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa (Asian rice) or, much less commonly, O. glaberrima (African rice). Asian rice was domesticated in China some 13,500 to 8,200 years ago, whi... Wikipedia
