Zizania

·noun A genus of grasses including Indian rice. ·see Indian rice, under Rice.

zizania
zīzā̆nĭa, ōrum, n., = ζιζάνια, darnel , cockle , tares (eccl. Lat.), Prud. Apoth. 6, 8; Vulg. ...

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