rice : Idioms & Phrases

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Ant rice

  • (Bot.), a species of grass (Aristida oligantha) cultivated by the agricultural ants of Texas for the sake of its seed.
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brown rice

  • noun unpolished rice retaining the yellowish-brown outer layer
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Canada rice

  • (Bot.) See under Rick.
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chicken and rice

  • noun rice and chicken cooked together with or without other ingredients and variously seasoned
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chinese fried rice

  • noun boiled rice mixed with scallions and minced pork or shrimp and quickly scrambled with eggs
    Chinese fried rice.
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cultivated rice

  • noun yields the staple food of 50 percent of world's population
    Oryza sativa.
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edgar rice burroughs

  • noun United States novelist and author of the Tarzan stories (1875-1950)
    Burroughs.
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elmer leopold rice

  • noun United States playwright (1892-1967)
    Rice; Elmer Reizenstein; Elmer Leopold Rice.
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elmer rice

  • noun United States playwright (1892-1967)
    Rice; Elmer Reizenstein; Elmer Leopold Rice.
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French rice

  • . (Bot.) See Amelcorn.
  • amelcorn.
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fried rice

  • noun boiled rice mixed with scallions and minced pork or shrimp and quickly scrambled with eggs
    Chinese fried rice.
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Indian rice

  • noun grains of aquatic grass of North America
    Indian rice.
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  • (Bot.), a reedlike water grass. See 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.
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italian rice

  • noun rice cooked with broth and sprinkled with grated cheese
    risotto.
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mary ashton rice livermore

  • noun United States suffragist (1820-1905)
    Livermore.
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Mountain rice

  • 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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  • . (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.
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polished rice

  • noun having husk or outer brown layers removed
    polished rice.
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puffed rice

  • noun puffy rice kernels
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rice beer

  • noun Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot
    sake; saki.
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Rice bunting

  • . (Zoöl.) Same as Ricebird.
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rice grass

  • noun any grass of the genus Oryzopsis
    ricegrass.
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Rice hen

  • (Zoöl.), the Florida gallinule.
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Rice mouse

  • (Zoöl.), a large dark-colored field mouse (Calomys palistris) of the Southern United States.
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rice paddy

  • noun an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown
    paddy field; paddy.
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Rice paper

  • noun a thin delicate material resembling paper; made from the rice-paper tree
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  • 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.
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rice rat

  • noun hardy agile rat of grassy marshes of Mexico and the southeastern United States
    Oryzomys palustris.
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Rice troupial

  • (Zoöl.), the bobolink.
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Rice water

  • a drink for invalids made by boiling a small quantity of rice in water.
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Rice weevil

  • noun brown weevil that infests stored grain especially rice
    black weevil; Sitophylus oryzae.
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  • (Zoöl.), a small beetle (Calandra, ∨ Sitophilus, oryzæ) which destroys rice, wheat, and Indian corn by eating out the interior; called also black weevil.
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rice-grain fritillary

  • noun herb of northwestern America having green-and-purple bell-shaped flowers
    Fritillaria affinis; Fritillaria lanceolata; Fritillaria mutica; mission bells.
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rice-shell

Rice"-shell` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of small white polished marine shells of the genus Olivella.
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Rice-water discharge

  • (Med.), a liquid, resembling rice water in appearance, which is vomited, and discharged from the bowels, in cholera.
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sir tim rice

  • noun English lyricist who frequently worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber (born in 1944)
    Rice; Sir Tim Rice.
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spanish rice

  • noun spicy rice with tomatoes and onions and green peppers
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timothy miles bindon rice

  • noun English lyricist who frequently worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber (born in 1944)
    Rice; Sir Tim Rice.
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water rice

Wa"ter rice"
Definitions
  1. Indian rice. See under Rice.
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white rice

  • noun having husk or outer brown layers removed
    polished rice.
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Wild rice

  • noun perennial aquatic grass of North America bearing grain used for food
    Zizania aquatica.
  • noun grains of aquatic grass of North America
    Indian rice.
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  • . (Bot.) See Indian rice, under Rice.
Webster 1913