ricegrass

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noun

Any of the genus Oryzopsis of Chinese and North American plants in the grass family.

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rice grass
OriginEnglish grass ← Middle English gras ← Old English græs →
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Meanings

nounricegrass (countable and uncountable, plural ricegrasses)

plural ricegrasses

  1. countableuncountableAny of the genus Oryzopsis of Chinese and North American plants in the grass family.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounany grass of the genus Oryzopsis

Similar
rice grass
Broader
cerealcereal grass

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-Iranian*wriHǰʰíš
  2. Proto-Iranian*wriHǰíš
  3. Proto-Iranian*wrinǰiš
  4. Ancient Greekὄρῡζα (órūza)
  5. Late Latinoryza
  6. Old Italianriso
  7. Old Frenchris
  8. Middle Englishrys
  9. Englishrice
  10. Proto-Indo-European*gʰreh₁-
  11. Proto-Germanic*grasą
  12. Proto-West Germanic*gras
  13. Old Englishgræs
  14. Middle Englishgras
  15. Englishgrass
  16. Englishricegrass

From rice + grass, from its resemblance to true rice.

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APA

ricegrass. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ricegrass

MLA

“ricegrass.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ricegrass. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ricegrass,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ricegrass.

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