"zizania" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /zɪˈzeɪniə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-zizania.wav Forms: zizanias [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪniə Etymology: Borrowed from Latin zizania (“cockle, tares”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|zizania||cockle, tares}} Latin zizania (“cockle, tares”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} zizania (plural zizanias)
  1. Any of several aquatic North American grasses, of the genus Zizania, grown for their edible grain; wild rice. Wikipedia link: zizania Categories (lifeform): Oryzeae tribe grasses, Water plants
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