| NOUN | plant | Oryza sativa, cultivated rice | yields the staple food of 50 percent of world's population |
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| Meaning | Yields the staple food of 50 percent of world's population. | |
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| Synonym | cultivated rice | |
| Parts | rice | grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished |
| Broader | rice | annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses |