GENUS ORYZA
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Oryza mean? • GENUS ORYZA (noun)
The noun GENUS ORYZA has 1 sense:
1. rice
Familiarity information: GENUS ORYZA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS ORYZA (noun)
Meaning:
Rice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Oryza; Oryza
Hypernyms ("genus Oryza" is a kind of...):
liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)
Meronyms (members of "genus Oryza"):
rice (annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper)
Holonyms ("genus Oryza" 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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