NOUN | plant | rice grass, ricegrass | any grass of the genus Oryzopsis |
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Meaning | Any grass of the genus Oryzopsis. | |
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Synonym | ricegrass | |
Member of | Oryzopsis, genus Oryzopsis | rice grass |
Narrower | mountain rice, silkgrass, silk grass, Indian millet, Oryzopsis hymenoides | Valuable forage grass of dry upland areas and plains of western North America to northern Mexico |
smilo, smilo grass, Oryzopsis miliacea | perennial mountain rice native to Mediterranean region and introduced into North America | |
Broader | cereal, cereal grass | grass whose starchy grains are used as food |
Spanish | mijera |
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