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Answer for the clue "Rice ", 5 letters:
oryza

Word definitions for oryza in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Oryza is a genus of plants in the grass family . It includes the major food crop rice (species Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima ). Members of the genus grow as tall, wetland grasses, growing to 1–2 m tall; the genus includes both annual and perennial species. ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Oryza \O*ry"za\, prop. n. [L., rice, Gr. ? See Rice .] (Bot.) A genus of grasses including the rice plant; rice.

Usage examples of oryza.

De Carro on the subject of the upland or mountain rice, Oryza Mutica, I will state to you what I know of it.