rice

noun

United States playwright (1892-1967)

English lyricist who frequently worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber (born in 1944)

annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses

grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished

verb

sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice

Roots

oryzarice- · Greek · rice

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