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noun
Any of the genus Oryzopsis of Chinese and North American plants in the grass family.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
any grass of the genus Oryzopsis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: rice grass
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cereal, cereal grass
Narrower terms: mountain rice, silkgrass, silk grass, Indian millet, Oryzopsis hymenoides, smilo, smilo grass, Oryzopsis miliacea
History
From rice + grass, from its resemblance to true rice.
