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    ZIZANIA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Wild riceplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Zizania; Zizania

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Zizania" is a kind of...):

    liliopsid genus; monocot genus (genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed)

    Meronyms (members of "Zizania"):

    wild rice; Zizania aquatica (perennial aquatic grass of North America bearing grain used for food)

    Holonyms ("Zizania" is a member of...):

    family Graminaceae; family Gramineae; family Poaceae; Graminaceae; Gramineae; grass family; Poaceae (the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane)

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