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   Zhu Jiang
         n 1: a river in southeast China that flows into the South China
               Sea [syn: {Zhu Jiang}, {Canton River}, {Chu Kiang}, {Pearl
               River}]

English Dictionary: Zugangsrichtlinie by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Zizania aquatica
n
  1. perennial aquatic grass of North America bearing grain used for food
    Synonym(s): wild rice, Zizania aquatica
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Zygomycetes
n
  1. class of fungi coextensive with subdivision Zygomycota
    Synonym(s): Zygomycetes, class Zygomycetes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Zygomycota
n
  1. division of fungi having sexually produced zygospores [syn: Zygomycota, subdivision Zygomycota, Zygomycotina, subdivision Zygomycotina]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Zygomycotina
n
  1. division of fungi having sexually produced zygospores [syn: Zygomycota, subdivision Zygomycota, Zygomycotina, subdivision Zygomycotina]
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Zo94chemical \Zo`[94]*chem"ic*al\, a.
      Pertaining to zo[94]chemistry.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Zo94chemistry \Zo`[94]*chem"is*try\, n. [Zo[94]- + chemistry.]
      Animal chemistry; particularly, the description of the
      chemical compounds entering into the composition of the
      animal body, in distinction from biochemistry.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Zo94gamous \Zo*[94]g"a*mous\, a. [Zo[94]- + Gr. [?] marriage.]
      (Biol.)
      Of or pertaining zo[94]gamy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Zo94genic \Zo`[94]*gen"ic\, a. [Zo[94]- + -gen + -ic: cf. Gr.
      [?] born of an animal.] (Biol.)
      Of or pertaining to zo[94]geny, animal production.

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Zuzims
      restless; sprouting, were smitten "in Ham" by Chedorlaomer and
      his allies (Gen. 14:5). Some have identified this tribe with the
      Zamzummims (q.v.).
     

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Zuzims
      restless; sprouting, were smitten "in Ham" by Chedorlaomer and
      his allies (Gen. 14:5). Some have identified this tribe with the
      Zamzummims (q.v.).
     
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Zuzims, the posts of a door; splendor; beauty
  

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
   Zuzims, the posts of a door; splendor; beauty
  
  
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