an annual erect aquatic North American grass, Zizania aquatica, with edible purplish-black grain
2.
the grain of this plant
Also called: wild rice
Indian rice in American English
noun
the wild rice plant
Word origin
[1815–25]This word is first recorded in the period 1815–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: aggressive, coupon, heuristic, norm, trolley