rice

rice

rice [rice rices riced ricing]   [raɪs]    [raɪs]  noun

uncountable
short, narrow white or brown grain grown on wet land in hot countries as food; the plant that produces this grain
• a grain of rice
• boiled/steamed/fried rice
• long-/short-grain rice
• brown rice (= without its outer covering removed)
• rice paddies (= rice fields)  
Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French ris, from Italian riso, from Greek oruza.  
Example Bank:

• a spicy rice dish