genus zizania

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   wild rice

   SynonymsZizania

   Broadermonocot genus

   Part ofGramineae

Questions about genus zizania

What does genus zizania mean?

genus zizania means "wild rice".

What is another word for genus zizania?

Close synonyms include Zizania. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus zizania a common word?

genus zizania is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.