/ raɪs; NAmE / noun
[ U ] short, narrow white or brown grain grown on wet land in hot countries as food; the plant that produces this grain :
a grain of rice
boiled / steamed / fried rice
long- / short-grain rice
brown rice (= without its outer covering removed)
rice paddies (= rice fields)
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English : from Old French ris , from Italian riso , from Greek oruza .