Mountain rice Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun valuable forage grass of dry upland areas and plains of western North America to northern Mexico
Oryzopsis hymenoides; silk grass; Indian millet; silkgrass.
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- any species of an American genus (
Oryzopsis ) of grasses, somewhat resembling rice.
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(Bot.) (a) An upland variety of rice, grown without irrigation, in some parts of Asia, Europe, and the United States .(b) An American genus of grasses (Oryzopsis ). - any species of an American genus (
Oryzopsis ) of grasses, somewhat resembling rice.
