rice : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: rice	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for rice
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rice n grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper English lyricist who frequently worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber (born in 1944) Synonym(s): Rice, Sir Tim Rice, Timothy Miles Bindon Rice United States playwright (1892-1967) Synonym(s): Rice, Elmer Rice, Elmer Leopold Rice, Elmer Reizenstein v sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice; "rice the potatoes"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rice \Rice\, n. [F. riz (cf. Pr. ris, It. riso), L. oryza, Gr. [?][?][?], [?][?][?], probably from the Persian; cf. OPers. br[c6]zi, akin to Skr. vr[c6]hi; or perh. akin to E. rye. Cf. {Rye}.] (Bot.) 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. {Ant rice}. (Bot.) See under {Ant}. {French rice}. (Bot.) See {Amelcorn}. {Indian rice}., a tall reedlike water grass ({Zizania aquatica}), bearing panicles of a long, slender grain, much used for food by North American Indians. It is common in shallow water in the Northern States. Called also {water oat}, {Canadian wild rice}, etc. {Mountain rice}, any species of an American genus ({Oryzopsis}) of grasses, somewhat resembling rice. {Rice bunting}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Ricebird}. {Rice hen} (Zo[94]l.), the Florida gallinule. {Rice mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a large dark-colored field mouse ({Calomys palistris}) of the Southern United States. {Rice paper}, a kind of thin, delicate paper, brought from China, -- used for painting upon, and for the manufacture of fancy articles. It is made by cutting the pith of a large herb ({Fatsia papyrifera}, related to the ginseng) into one roll or sheet, which is flattened out under pressure. Called also {pith paper}. {Rice troupial} (Zo[94]l.), the bobolink. {Rice water}, a drink for invalids made by boiling a small quantity of rice in water. {Rice-water discharge} (Med.), a liquid, resembling rice water in appearance, which is vomited, and discharged from the bowels, in cholera. {Rice weevil} (Zo[94]l.), a small beetle ({Calandra, [or] Sitophilus, oryz[91]}) which destroys rice, wheat, and Indian corn by eating out the interior; -- called also {black weevil}.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Rice, KS Zip code(s): 66901 Rice, MN (city, FIPS 53998) Location: 45.74862 N, 94.22869 W Population (1990): 610 (209 housing units) Area: 15.5 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56367 Rice, TX (city, FIPS 61736) Location: 32.24469 N, 96.50133 W Population (1990): 564 (209 housing units) Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 75155 Rice, VA Zip code(s): 23966 Rice, WA Zip code(s): 99167