rice
Asian staple grain
Rice is a cereal grain and one of the world's most important food crops, a dietary staple for billions of people.
The small white or brown grains are cooked by boiling or steaming: steamed rice, fried rice, rice and beans.
To rice something, especially potatoes, is to push it through a tool that creates rice-like strands.
Throw rice at newlyweds is a traditional wedding send-off. (Capitalized Rice is a surname or university.)
Spiced layered rice dish
- jollofSpiced tomato rice dish
- paellaSaffron rice with shellfish
- risottoCreamy Italian grain dish
- pilafSeasoned broth-cooked grain
congee · gumbo · arancini · jambalaya · kedgeree · dolma · onigiri · sushi
Flooded rice-growing field
- terracesRaised flat outdoor areas
- transplantingMoving living growth elsewhere
- seedlingsNewly germinated plants
- floodedCovered with water
irrigation · monsoon · delta · levee · wetland · plow · buffalo · aeration
Seed or essential core
- huskDry seed covering
- branCereal grain husk
- endospermSeed's internal nutrient tissue
- germDisease-causing microorganism
starch · pericarp · chaff · polished · wholegrain · milled · parboiled · enriched
Extracting grain from stalks
- winnowingSeparating grain from chaff
- combineMerge, or harvesting machine
- sickleCurved hand-held harvesting blade
- reapingCutting crops for collection
husking · bundling · drying · milling · yield · crop · seasonal · farmers
Means of living
- nourishmentFood that sustains life
- carbohydratesSugar-based energy compounds
- caloriesMeasures of food energy
- energyPower to do work
diet · nutrition · meal · provision · foodstuff · subsistence · famine · security
biryani
Spiced layered rice dish
pilaf · congee · gumbo · arancini · jambalaya · kedgeree · dolma · onigiri · sushi · poke
paddy
Flooded rice-growing field
- terracesRaised flat outdoor areas
- transplantingMoving living growth elsewhere
- seedlingsNewly germinated plants
flooded · irrigation · monsoon · delta · levee · wetland · plow · buffalo · aeration · lowland
kernel
Seed or essential core
germ · starch · pericarp · chaff · polished · wholegrain · milled · parboiled · enriched · amylose
threshing
Extracting grain from stalks
- winnowingSeparating grain from chaff
- combineMerge, or harvesting machine
- sickleCurved hand-held harvesting blade
reaping · husking · bundling · drying · milling · yield · crop · seasonal · farmers · granary
sustenance
Means of living
- nourishmentFood that sustains life
- carbohydratesSugar-based energy compounds
- caloriesMeasures of food energy
energy · diet · nutrition · meal · provision · foodstuff · subsistence · famine · security · ration
sativa
Energizing cannabis variety
culm · leaf · node · spikelet · awn · floret · indica · japonica · wild · perennial
- fried riceStir-cooked grain dish
- white riceRefined grain, husk removed
- brown riceUnmilled paddy product
- rice puddingGrain simmered in sweetened milk
- rice cakePuffed grain wafer
- rice and beansTwo staple foods combined
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