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Definition of Oryza sativa
1. Noun. Yields the staple food of 50 percent of world's population.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oryza Sativa
Literary usage of Oryza sativa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Compendium of Food-microscopy with Sections on Drugs, Water, and Tobacco by Edwy Godwin Clayton, Arthur Hill Hassall (1909)
"Already described (see ante, p. 21) : figured again here, for convenience.
Fig- 53- (н) RICE ARROWROOT (Oryza sativa, fam. ..."
2. Computers and Information Technologies in Agricultural Production and edited by Karl R. Schneider (1997)
"Descriptors: oryza-sativa; nitrogen; fertilizer- requirement-determination;
split-dressings; computer-vision; image-processing; dimensions; ..."
3. Monks' Cookbook by Himalayan Academy, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (1997)
"RICE, Oryza sativa There are over 40000 varieties of rice. It is the queen of
grains, the staple food for most of humanity, grown in countries throughout ..."