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PRONUNCIATION OF ZIZANIA

zizania  [zɪˈzeɪnɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ZIZANIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Zizania is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ZIZANIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of zizania in the English dictionary

The definition of zizania in the dictionary is a member of the Zizania genus of grasses which includes Indian rice.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ZIZANIA


Albania
ælˈbeɪnɪə
Campania
kæmˈpeɪnɪə
decalcomania
dɪˌkælkəˈmeɪnɪə
gazania
ɡəˈzeɪnɪə
hypomania
ˌhaɪpəʊˈmeɪnɪə
leishmania
liːʃˈmeɪnɪə
Lithuania
ˌlɪθjʊˈeɪnɪə
mania
ˈmeɪnɪə
Mauritania
ˌmɒrɪˈteɪnɪə
miscellanea
ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪə
Pennsylvania
ˌpɛnsɪlˈveɪnɪə
Pomerania
ˌpɒməˈreɪnɪə
Rainier
ˈreɪnɪə
Romania
rəʊˈmeɪnɪə
Rumania
ruːˈmeɪnɪə
Tasmania
tæzˈmeɪnɪə
titania
taɪˈteɪnɪə
Transylvania
ˌtrænsɪlˈveɪnɪə
Urania
jʊˈreɪnɪə
zanier
ˈzeɪnɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ZIZANIA

zippo
zippy
ziptop
ziram
zircalloy
zircon
zirconia
zirconic
zirconium
zirconium oxide
Ziska
zit
zither
zitherist
ziti
zizel
zizith
zizyphus
zizz
zizzle

WORDS THAT END LIKE ZIZANIA

Alania
Anglomania
Aquitania
Araucania
Azania
bibliomania
Catania
Chania
Christiania
erotomania
Hania
Hispania
Islamic Republic of Mauritania
kleptomania
Lucania
Lusitania
Mauretania
melomania
Oceania
Tanzania

Synonyms and antonyms of zizania in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «zizania» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ZIZANIA

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The translations of zizania from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «zizania» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

zizania
570 millions of speakers

English

zizania
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

zizania
380 millions of speakers
ar

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zizania
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Zizania
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

zizania
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

zizania
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

zizania
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Zizania
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zizania
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

マコモ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

zizania
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Zizania
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

zizania
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

zizania
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

झिझानिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Zizania
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Zizania
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Zizania
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Zizania
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Zizania
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Zizania
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

zizania
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Zizania
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

zizania
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of zizania

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ZIZANIA»

The term «zizania» is regularly used and occupies the 95.155 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ZIZANIA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «zizania» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «zizania» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about zizania

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ZIZANIA»

Discover the use of zizania in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to zizania and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Flora of North America: Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in ...
Zizania includes three North American and one eastern Asian species. Zizania aquatica and Z. palustris are important constituents of aquatic plant communities in North America, providing food and shelter for numerous animal species.
Flora of North America Editorial Committee, 2007
2
North American Flora
Z. texana. l. Zizania aquatica L. Sp. Pl. 991. 1753. Zizania clavulosa Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 75. 1803. (Type from North America.) Hydropyrum esculentum Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 252. 1827. (Type from North America.) Stipa angulata L.; Steud. Nom.
‎1909
3
Advances in Rice Genetics
Leersia perrieri Zizaniopsis villanensis Zizania aquatica Zizania palustris Zizania latifolia Zizania latifolia Zizania aquatica Rhynchoryza subulata Duplicated Oryza sativa Porteresia coarctata Zea mays Fig. 1. Phylogram of Adh1 sequences ...
Gurdev S. Khush, Darshan S. Brar, Bill Hardy, 2003
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An introductory discourse: delivered before the Literary and ...
uaeus, and after him Kalm, calls it zizania aquatica. M. Desfontaines, in \m Tableau de L' Ecolc de Botaniquc du Museum D'Histoire Naturalle, thus mentions it, quoting Linnteus for his authority, zizania aquatica grows in the liorlhern parts of ...
DeWitt Clinton, Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York (New York, N.Y.), 1815
5
Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of ...
Muhlenberg, in his Catalogue of the Native aud Naturalized Plants of North America, enumerates four species of zizania, or American rice. 1. Miliacea — millet. 2. Clavulosa — an annual plant, vulgarly called wild rice, or oats, grows in  ...
Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York (New York, N.Y.), 1815
6
CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific ...
Nanjing 1988 [1990], M. Duvall and D. Biesboer, "Isoelectric protein profiles and their systematic implications in North American Zizania. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 17: 39-43. 1989, Bulletin of the Nanjing Botanical Garden, Mem.
Umberto Quattrocchi, 2006
7
Exploiting Biodiversity for Sustainable Pest Management
Sampling showed that the parasitism of brown planthopper by A. nilaparvatae was notably higher where rice fields were surrounded by Zizania crops (Yu et al 1999). Laboratory and field work was therefore done to examine links between A.
T. W. Mew, E. Borromeo, Bill Hardy, 2001
8
Manual of the grasses of the United States
Rpt. 1934: 9-13. 1934. (121) ZIZANIA L. (1) Zizania aquatica L., Sp. PI. 991. 1753. Virginia. [Jamaica, also cited, is erroneous.] Zizania clavulosa Michx., Fl. Bor. Amer. 1 : 75. 1803. North America, Michaux. Hudropyrum esculentum Link, Hort.
Albert Spear Hitchcock, Agnes Chase, 1971
9
Congressional Serial Set
Edgemoor, Delaware Nicer, Delaware. — This is the main lighthouse depot of the district, and is used for the storage of buoys and supplies, and as a general berth for the tender Zizania. Soundings were made and a chart of the harbor plotted, ...
‎1906
10
The Genera of Grasses of the United States: With Special ...
Type species: Zizania aquatica L. Zizania L., Sp. PI, 991, 1753 ; Gen. PI., ed. 5, 427. 1754. Linnaeus describes two species, Z. aquatica and Z. terrestris. The citation in the Genera Plantarum is to Gronovius. " Zizania Gron. virg. 189 " is given as ...
Albert Spear Hitchcock, 1920

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ZIZANIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term zizania is used in the context of the following news items.
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Wild Rice Moon: The Rice Harvest of the North American …
Japonica and Indica rice are part of the Oryza genus, while Manoomin's genus is Zizania—genetically, it is more similar to corn than rice. The fresh grains of ... «Slow food, Jul 15»
2
Riverkeeper report: Got rice?
It seems we have two species here, Zizania aquatica, which is the long grain type, and Zizaniopsis miliacea, which is a millet type. Some other common names ... «Tidewater News, Jul 15»
3
Readers Write (May 13): Minnesota River and agriculture, light rail …
“[W]e paddled away at the rate of four or five miles an hour … when the otters were seen swimming amongst the zizania. … The musk-rats were already at work ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, May 15»
4
France Hungry for Authentic North American Wild Rice
Wild rice is North America's only native grain. In fact, the grain is not technically rice but an annual water grass seed, zizania. In the U.S., wild rice is both hand ... «Oryza, May 15»
5
Risi colorati
E' invece il seme di una pianta acquatica, la Zizania aquatica che, come si intuisce dal nome, cresce spontaneamente sulle superfici d'acqua naturali, del nord ... «LifeGate, Jan 15»
6
Ψυχαγωγία - Εξάχρονα Zizania και όχι μόνο στο 17ο Φεστιβάλ …
Με τη χωρίς λόγια animation ταινία Το Αγόρι και ο Κόσμος του Αλέ Αμπρέου να εκκινεί το 17ο Φεστιβάλ Κινηματογράφου Ολυμπίας για Παιδιά και για Νέους και ... «In.gr, Dec 14»
7
Riso selvaggio con totano affumicato e carciofi
Si utilizza una canoa all'interno della risaia, una persona rema, e un'altra tiene ferma una spiga di Zizania, utilizza due pezzi di legno uniti entro i quali vengono ... «Versiliatoday.it, Nov 14»
8
The bamboo that isn't
They all refer to a plant that goes by the scientific name of Zizania latifolia. The cultivation of Zizania latifolia goes back millennia and was once cultivated as a ... «Taipei Times, Oct 14»
9
Gift of the Harvest—the Art and History of Ricing
The wild rice plant, a tall and slender marshland inhabitant, is more commonly referred to by biologists as Zizania Aquatica. It thrives exclusively in the peculiar ... «Indian Country Today Media Network, Oct 14»
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Eating Rice Boosts Diet Quality, Reduces Body Weight
In the Food Product Design FoodTech Toolbox, the Gallery: Whole and Ancient Grains: From Amaranth to Zizania delves into what makes these grains special, ... «Food Product Design, Apr 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Zizania [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/zizania>. Apr 2024 ».
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