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ZIZANIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wild rice
Synonyms:
genus Zizania; Zizania
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Zizania" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "Zizania"):
wild rice; Zizania aquatica (perennial aquatic grass of North America bearing grain used for food)
Holonyms ("Zizania" is a member of...):
family Graminaceae; family Gramineae; family Poaceae; Graminaceae; Gramineae; grass family; Poaceae (the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane)
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