Associations to the word «Oryza»

Wiktionary

ORYZA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae.
ORYZA SATIVA, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Poaceae   — Asian rice or rice, widely cultivated, probably domesticated in China from Oryza rufipogon some 10,000 years ago.

Dictionary definition

ORYZA, noun. Rice.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke