Rice is the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa or less commonly Oryza glaberrima. The name wild rice is usually used for species of the genera Zizania and Porteresia, both wild and domesticated, although the term may also be used for primitive...
rice, (Oryza sativa), Â edible starchy cereal grain and the grass plant (family Poaceae) by which it is produced . Roughly one-half of the world population, including virtually all of East and Southeast Asia, is wholly dependent upon rice as a...