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Definition of Rice
Rice

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.

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Rice Quotations

Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something.
Mitch Hedberg

She's been married so many times she has rice marks on her face.
Henny Youngman

Herein lies our problem. If we level that much land to grow rice and whatever, then no other animal could live there except for some insect pest species. Which is very unfortunate.
Steve Irwin

Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, only less filling.
Dave Barry

President Bush, Secretary of State Rice, and several cabinet level officials have visited Alabama's Gulf Coast in recent days to tour the devastation and to offer their continuing support and prayers for everyone affected by the storm.
Jo Bonner

Rice Translations

rice in Afrikaans is rys
rice in Danish is ris
rice in Dutch is rijst
rice in Finnish is riisi
rice in French is riz, scion
rice in German is Reis
rice in Hungarian is rizs
rice in Italian is riso
rice in Latin is oryza
rice in Norwegian is ris
rice in Portuguese is arroz
rice in Spanish is arroz
rice in Swedish is risgryn, ris


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