Rice

Ant rice — See under Ant.

French rice — See Amelcorn.

Indian rice — a tall reedlike water grass (Zizania aquatica), bearing panicles of a long, slender grain, much used for food by North American Indians. It is common in shallow water in the Northern States. Called also water oat, Canadian wild rice, etc.

Mountain rice — any species of an American genus (Oryzopsis) of grasses, somewhat resembling rice.

Rice bunting — Same as Ricebird.

Rice hen — the Florida gallinule.

Rice mouse — a large dark-colored field mouse (Calomys palistris) of the Southern United States.

Rice paper — a kind of thin, delicate paper, brought from China, -- used for painting upon, and for the manufacture of fancy articles. It is made by cutting the pith of a large herb (Fatsia papyrifera, related to the ginseng) into one roll or sheet, which is flattened out under pressure. Called also pith paper.

Rice troupial — the bobolink.

Rice water — a drink for invalids made by boiling a small quantity of rice in water.

Rice-water discharge — a liquid, resembling rice water in appearance, which is vomited, and discharged from the bowels, in cholera.

Rice weevil — a small beetle (Calandra oryzae, [or] Sitophilus oryzae) which destroys rice, wheat, and Indian corn by eating out the interior; -- called also black weevil.