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wild rice

  1. a tall, annual, aquatic grass (Zizania aquatica) of the U.S. and Canada, found along the swampy borders of lakes and streams
  2. its edible grain

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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