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| rice [ rīss ] |
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1. edible grains: the edible grains of a cereal plant of South Asian origin. Rice is served hot or cold after cooking in water or other liquid.
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2. cereal plant: a cereal plant that produces rice, cultivated in tropical and warm regions of the world. Native to: South Asia. Latin name Oryza sativa.
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transitive verb (past and past participle riced, present participle ric·ing, 3rd person present singular ric·es) |
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sieve food: to push food through a sieve or ricer to make it into a coarse purée
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| [13th century. Via Old French ris and Italian riso< Greek oruza< Indo-Iranian] |
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