Indian rice

American  

noun

1. the wild rice plant.

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Indian rice British  

noun

1. an annual erect aquatic North American grass, Zizania aquatica, with edible purplish-black grain

2. the grain of this plant

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Etymology

Origin of Indian rice

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

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Indian rice

The festivities included a city parade, where one Dena sailor, speaking to an independent journalist, Samson Sagar, marveled at the flavor of biryani, an Indian rice dish he had sampled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026

We found JK, a southern Indian rice farmer who was just trying to grow rice for his community.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2024

Pick the Right Rice Jasmine, a Thai rice, is a little stickier and more fragrant than Basmati, an Indian rice that can be more expensive and cooks up fluffier.

From New York Times ● Jul. 22, 2014

“To go from being a South Indian rice farmer to a construction worker who erects the tallest building on earth,” writes Brooks, “is to untether oneself from the past and build the future.”

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2013

The Indian rice is rather cheaper, and is transported from Djidda to Mekka, Tayf, Medina, and thence as far as Nedjed.

From Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred by Burckhardt, John Lewis