HyperDic: oryza_sativa

English > 1 sense of the expression *Oryza sativa*:
NOUN	plant	Oryza sativa, cultivated rice	yields the staple food of 50 percent of world's population

English > *Oryza sativa*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Yields the staple food of 50 percent of world's population.
Synonym	cultivated rice
Parts	rice	grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
Broader	rice	annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses