Meanings
adjectiverice growing (not comparable)
alternative rice-growing
- not comparablerice-growing; which grows or is capable of growing rice.
Among other kinds the Patna justly celebrated, but perhaps the most fertile province for rice-growing is Arracan, from whence great quantities of the grain are shipped to Europe from the port of Akyab, the importance of which is yearly increasing.
1873, Heber Drury, s.v. “Oryza sativa”, The Useful Plants of India: With Notices of Their Chief Value in Commerce, Medicine, and the Arts, 2nd ed., London: William H. Allen, p 324
Origin
1873 rice-growing, rice + growing.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Esperanto rizkultiva, rizkultivo
- rizkultivagrowing rice
- rizkultivothe growing of rice
Finnish riisinviljely
- riisinviljelythe growing of rice
French riziculture
- riziculturethe growing of rice
Hungarian rizstermelő, rizstermelés
- rizstermelőgrowing rice
- rizstermelésthe growing of rice
Italian risicolo, risicoltura
- risicologrowing rice
- risicolturathe growing of rice
Japanese 稲作
- 稲作 (inasaku)the growing of rice
Korean 벼농사, 도작
- 벼농사 (byeonongsa)the growing of rice
- 도작 (dojak)the growing of rice
Portuguese orizicultura, rizicultura
- oriziculturathe growing of rice
- riziculturathe growing of rice
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APA
rice growing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rice%20growing
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“rice growing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rice%20growing. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rice growing,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rice%20growing.
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