mountain rice

noun

An awnless rice grown without irrigation on the Himalayas, etc.

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Meanings

nounmountain rice (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn awnless rice grown without irrigation on the Himalayas, etc.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounvaluable forage grass of dry upland areas and plains of western North America to northern Mexico

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silkgrasssilk grassIndian milletOryzopsis hymenoides

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