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United States playwright (1892-1967)

English lyricist who frequently worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber (born in 1944)

annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper

United States playwright (1892-1967)

English lyricist who frequently worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber (born in 1944)

annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper

A well-known cereal grass (Oryza sativa) and its seed. This plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants. In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be overflowed.

A well-known cereal grass (Oryza sativa) and its seed. This plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants. In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be overflowed.

A valuable food grain produced extensively in hot countries; the grass bearing the grain or seed.

See Oryza.

One of the most useful and extensively cultivated of grains, like oats when ripe.

A kind of grass, and its grain.

An East Indian annual cereal grass; also, its grain or seeds. See illus. in next column.

Oryza-r. Disease, Cholera-r. Ground, see Oryza-r. Jelly, see Oryza.

The cereal plant Oryza sativa; also, its seed or grain.

The husked seeds of Oryza sativa (and by extension the plant itself). R. is used, chiefly in the form of decoction, as a demulcent. Powdered r. is used as a dusting powder.

n. [Arabian] A plant cultivated in all warm climates, and its seed, which forms an important article of food.