basmati
noun /bæsˈmæti/, /bæzˈmæti/
/bæsˈmæti/, /bæzˈmæti/
(also basmati rice)
[uncountable]- a type of rice with long grains and a pleasant tasteOxford Collocations DictionaryBasmati is used before these nouns:
- rice
Word Originfrom Hindi bāsmatī, literally ‘fragrant’.