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Definitions of rice in various dictionaries:
noun - grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
noun - annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses
noun - English lyricist who frequently worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber (born in 1944)
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| In the late 1600s this Asian grain became the main crop of the Carolina coastal lowlands |
| In 1900 the founder of this Houston university was suffocated by his valet & a lawyer out to steal his fortune |
| Last name of the USA's current U.N. ambassador; it was also the last name of a Bush Secretary of State |
| Draw a square, divide it in 4 with a cross & you've made a Japanese symbol for a field of this grain |
| Punjabi basmati is a white, long-grained type of this |
| Crowley, Louisiana has a museum devoted to this food; Uncle Ben would approve |
| Though low in quantity, the quality of protein in this grain, "oryza sativa", is higher than beef |
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Rice is the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa (Asian rice) or Oryza glaberrima (African rice). As a cereal grain, it is the most widely consumed staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in Asia. It is the agricultural commodity with the third-highest worldwide production (rice, 741.5 million tonnes in 2014), after sugarcane (1.9 billion tonnes) and maize (1.0 billion tonnes).* Since sizable portions of sugarcane and maize crops are used for purposes other than human consumption, rice is the most important grain with regard to human nutrition and caloric intake, providing more than one-fifth of the calories consumed worldwide by humans. There are many varieties of rice and culinary preferences tend to vary regionally. * * Rice, a monocot, is normally grown as an annual plant, although in tropical areas it can survive as a perennial and can produce a ratoon crop for up to 30 years. Rice cultivation is well-suited to countries and regions with low labor c |