rices
noun
Meaning
- Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.
- A specific variety of this plant.
- The seeds of this plant used as food.
- To squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces (especially potatoes).
- To harvest wild rice (Zizania sp.)
- To throw rice at a person (usually at a wedding).
- To customize the user interface of a computer system, e.g. a desktop environment.
- (now chiefly) A twig or stick.
- A bobbin or spool.
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