| Noun | 1. | genus Zizania - wild rice liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed family Graminaceae, family Gramineae, family Poaceae, Graminaceae, Gramineae, grass family, Poaceae - the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane wild rice, Zizania aquatica - perennial aquatic grass of North America bearing grain used for food |