genus zizania

English Thesaurus

1. wild rice (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	liliopsid genus, monocot genus,
definition	:	genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	wild rice, zizania aquatica,
definition	:	perennial aquatic grass of North America bearing grain used for food (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family graminaceae, family gramineae, family poaceae, graminaceae, gramineae, grass family, poaceae,
definition	:	the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane (noun.plant)