rice

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In a large skillet, combine oil, rice, onion, green pepper and salt and pepper until the rice is a light brown color.

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  1. noun A cereal grass (Oryza sativa) that is cultivated extensively in warm climates for its edible grain.
  2. noun The starchy grain of this plant, used as a staple food throughout the world.
  3. transitive verb To sieve (food) to the consistency of rice.

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  • The weevils in the rice were added nourishment, and the worm or insect in the soup was removed without anger if it was seen. —  Clavell - King Rat
  • But not the rice you're thinking of What other rice is there Remo grinned. —  Destroyer 107: Feast or Famine
  • Add the chicken and sausage, simmer without stirring until the rice is al dente. —  wacotrib - Latest News Headlines
  • However, it turns out that this rice is also very good with stir fries, casseroles, and soups. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • In a large skillet, combine oil, rice, onion, green pepper and salt and pepper until the rice is a light brown color. —  Blisstree
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  1. Middle English, from Old French ris, from Old Italian riso, from Latin oryza, from Greek oruza, of Indo-Iranian origin.

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  1. Early modern English also ryce, rize; from late Middle English ryce = Dutch rijst = Middle Low German rīs = Middle High German rīs, German reis = Swedish Danish ris, from Old French ris, French riz = Provencal ris = Italian riso (Middle Latin risus, risum), from Middle Latin orysum, Latin oryza, rice, = Arabic uruzz, aruzz, ruzz (later Spanish Portuguese arroz), from Greek όρυζα, όρυζον, rice (plant and grain); from an OPers. form preserved in the Pushtu (Afghan) wrijzey, wrijey, plural, rice, wrijza'h, a grain of rice; cf. Sanskrit vrīhi, rice.
  2. Prob. a particular use of rice = rise, a branch, a stick, etc.
 

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