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    ORYZA SATIVA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Yields the staple food of 50 percent of world's populationplay

    Synonyms:

    cultivated rice; Oryza sativa

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Oryza sativa" is a kind of...):

    rice (annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper)

    Meronyms (parts of "Oryza sativa"):

    rice (grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished)

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