Zizania

noun

Zi·​za·​nia

zəˈzānēə

: a genus of tall monoecious grasses having long flat leaves and ample panicles of one-flowered spikelets see wild rice

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Late Latin zizanium darnel, cockle, from Greek zizanion

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