wild rice

/waɪld raɪs/

Definitions of wild rice

1. noun

   perennial aquatic grass of North America bearing grain used for food
   synonyms: Zizania aquatica

   type of:

   cereal, cereal grass

   grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet
2. noun

   grains of aquatic grass of North America
   synonyms: Indian rice

   type of:

   cereal, food grain, grain

   foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses