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Definition of Oryza
1. Noun. Rice.
Generic synonyms: Liliopsid Genus, Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Graminaceae, Family Gramineae, Family Poaceae, Graminaceae, Gramineae, Grass Family, Poaceae
Member holonyms: Rice
Definition of Oryza
1. n. A genus of grasses including the rice plant; rice.
Medical Definition of Oryza
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Oryza
Literary usage of Oryza
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1880)
"oryza sativa, Linne.* The Rice Plant. South Asia and North Australia. Annual like
most cereals. The many rivulets hi our ranges afford ample opportunities ..."
2. Annual Report by Guam Agricultural Experiment Station (1918)
"RICE (oryza SATIVA). Kice work was a failure during the past fiscal year because
of insufficient moisture and high winds from the northwest which blasted ..."
3. History of Cultivated Vegetables: Comprising Their Botanical, Medicinal by Henry Phillips (1822)
"THE Latins continued the Greek name of a., or"Opv^ov, oryza, for this grain, and
it has not been much changed by any European nation. ..."
4. Materia Medica: For the Use of Students by John Barclay Biddle (1874)
"... off the clear liquor from the sediment. It may be flavored with sugar, and
lemon-juice or raisins. oryza (Rice), — the FRUIT of oryza Sativa (Nat. ..."
5. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller, Kate Grace Barber Winton (1916)
"Although rice (oryza saliva) contains a larger percentage of starch than any of
the other common cereals, this starch, like that of the horny endosperm of ..."
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