Oryzopsis

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Oryzopsis \Oryzopsis\ prop. n.
     A genus of grasses incluiding rice grass.
  
     Syn: genus {Oryzopsis}.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rice \Rice\, n. [F. riz (cf. Pr. ris, It. riso), L. oryza, Gr.
     ???, ???, probably from the Persian; cf. OPers. br[imac]zi,
     akin to Skr. vr[imac]hi; or perh. akin to E. rye. Cf. {Rye}.]
     (Bot.)
     A well-known cereal grass ({Oryza sativa}) and its seed. This
     plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the
     grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants.
     In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be
     overflowed.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Ant rice}. (Bot.) See under {Ant}.
  
     {French rice}. (Bot.) See {Amelcorn}.
  
     {Indian rice}., a tall reedlike water grass ({Zizania
        aquatica}), bearing panicles of a long, slender grain,
        much used for food by North American Indians. It is common
        in shallow water in the Northern States. Called also
        {water oat}, {Canadian wild rice}, etc.
  
     {Mountain rice}, any species of an American genus
        ({Oryzopsis}) of grasses, somewhat resembling rice.
  
     {Rice bunting}. (Zool.) Same as {Ricebird}.
  
     {Rice hen} (Zool.), the Florida gallinule.
  
     {Rice mouse} (Zool.), a large dark-colored field mouse
        ({Calomys palistris}) of the Southern United States.
  
     {Rice paper}, a kind of thin, delicate paper, brought from
        China, -- used for painting upon, and for the manufacture
        of fancy articles. It is made by cutting the pith of a
        large herb ({Fatsia papyrifera}, related to the ginseng)
        into one roll or sheet, which is flattened out under
        pressure. Called also {pith paper}.
  
     {Rice troupial} (Zool.), the bobolink.
  
     {Rice water}, a drink for invalids made by boiling a small
        quantity of rice in water.
  
     {Rice-water discharge} (Med.), a liquid, resembling rice
        water in appearance, which is vomited, and discharged from
        the bowels, in cholera.
  
     {Rice weevil} (Zool.), a small beetle ({Calandra oryzae}, or
        {Sitophilus oryzae}) which destroys rice, wheat, and
        Indian corn by eating out the interior; -- called also
        {black weevil}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Oryzopsis
       n : rice grass [syn: {genus Oryzopsis}]