ORYZA
\ˈɒɹɪzə], \ˈɒɹɪzə], \ˈɒ_ɹ_ɪ_z_ə]\
Definitions of ORYZA
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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By Noah Webster.
By Thomas Davidson
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A plant, almost aquatic, and indigenous in China, one of the richest productions of Egypt, and which prospers in the warmer regions of the four quarters of the globe. The grain inclosed in the husk is called by the Malays Paddy, Padi, or Paddie; when deprived of the husk. Bras, and when boiled, Nasi. Its amylaceous seeds, Oryza, Oryzum, Hordcum galacticum, nourish more men than those of wheat and rye together. Besides being alimentary, they are demulcent and emollient. Gardiner's alimentary preparation is very finely ground rice-meal. Mucilage of Rice, Rice water, may be formed by taking one ounce of rice, and, having washed it, macerating it for three hours in a quart of tepid soft water, in a pan placed upon a stove; then boiling the whole slowly for another hour, and straining through a sieve. It may be sweetened and acidulated, or be prepared with milk, like arrow-root, and be used as a demulcent. Rice Jelly is made by macerating a sufficient quantity of clean rice in as much water as will cover it; boiling slowly, adding water as it evaporates, until the rice is reduced to a pap, sweetening and flavouring with lemon-juice or vanilla, and passing through a fine sieve into a form or mould. It may be eaten alone or with milk; and is a good dietetic preparation for those of weak digestive powers. Ground rice. Take a tablespoonful of ground rice, a pint and a half of milk, and half an ounce of candied lemon-peel. Rub the rice smooth with the milk; then add the lemon-peel cut into small pieces; boil for half an hour, and strain whilst the milk is hot. It is used in the same cases as rice jelly.
By Robley Dunglison
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