Etymology

zizania

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Today it means: Any of several aquatic North American grasses, of the genus Zizania, grown for their edible grain; wild rice. Full definition →

Latin zizania
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromzizania
  2. Latin · borrowed fromzizania
  3. English todayzizania

Borrowed from Latin zizania (“cockle, tares”).

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