Associations to the word «Zizania»

Wiktionary

ZIZANIA, noun. Any of several aquatic North American grasses, of the genus Zizania, grown for its edible grain; wild rice
ZIZANIA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae   — wild rice (zizania).
ZIZANIA LATIFOLIA, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae   — Manchurian wild rice.

Dictionary definition

ZIZANIA, noun. Wild rice.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope