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Zizania

Zizania \Zi*za"ni*a\, n. [NL., from L. zizanium darnel, cockle, Gr. ?.] (Bot.) A genus of grasses including Indian rice. See Indian rice, under Rice.

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zizania

n. Any of several aquatic North American grasses, of the genus ''Zizania'', grown for its edible grain; wild rice

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Sed sicut dicitur de zizaniis: Ne forte eradicantes zizania simul eradicetis et triticum, ita etiam super iis dici potest, in quibus vel dubia vel occulta peccata sunt.