Definition of Oryza. Meaning of Oryza. Synonyms of Oryza

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Definition of Oryza

Oryza
Oryza O*ry"za, n. [L., rice, Gr. ? See Rice.] (Bot.) A genus of grasses including the rice plant; rice.

Meaning of Oryza from wikipedia

- Oryza is a genus of plants in the gr**** family. It includes the major food crop rice (species Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima). Members of the genus...
- Oryza sativa, having the common name Asian cultivated rice, is the much more common of the two rice species cultivated as a cereal, the other species...
- Oryza glaberrima, commonly known as African rice, is one of the two domesticated rice species. It was first domesticated and grown in West Africa around...
- ****onica rice (Oryza sativa subsp. ****onica), sometimes called sinica rice, is one of the two major domestic types of Asian rice varieties. ****onica rice...
- Glutinous rice (Oryza sativa var. glutinosa; also called sticky rice, sweet rice or waxy rice) is a type of rice grown mainly in Southeast East Asia,...
- (endemic) species of rice (Oryza) found in the Amazon region of South America and adjacent tropical areas, Oryza glumaepatula and Oryza latifolia. It also can...
- Africa. Rice is the seed of the gr**** species Oryza sativa (Asian rice)—or, much less commonly, Oryza glaberrima (African rice). Asian rice was domesticated...
- ****anese rice refers to a number of short-grain cultivars of ****onica rice including ordinary rice (uruchimai) and glutinous rice (mochigome). Ordinary...
- Oryza rufipogon is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae. It is known as brownbeard rice, wild rice, and red rice. In 1965, Oryza nivara was...
- Oryza barthii, also called Barth's rice, wild rice, or African wild rice, is a gr**** in the rice genus Oryza. It is an annual, erect to semierect gr****...