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ricegrass

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Noun1.ricegrass - any grass of the genus Oryzopsisricegrass - any grass of the genus Oryzopsis    
mountain rice, Oryzopsis hymenoides, silk grass, silkgrass, Indian millet - valuable forage grass of dry upland areas and plains of western North America to northern Mexico
Oryzopsis miliacea, smilo, smilo grass - perennial mountain rice native to Mediterranean region and introduced into North America
cereal, cereal grass - grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet


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