{Ant rice}. (Bot.) See under {Ant}.
{French rice}. (Bot.) See {Amelcorn}.
{Indian rice}., a tall reedlike water grass ({Zizania
aquatica}), bearing panicles of a long, slender grain,
much used for food by North American Indians. It is common
in shallow water in the Northern States. Called also
{water oat}, {Canadian wild rice}, etc.
{Mountain rice}, any species of an American genus
({Oryzopsis}) of grasses, somewhat resembling rice.
{Rice bunting}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Ricebird}.
{Rice hen} (Zo["o]l.), the Florida gallinule.
{Rice mouse} (Zo["o]l.), a large dark-colored field mouse
({Calomys palistris}) of the Southern United States.
{Rice paper}, a kind of thin, delicate paper, brought from
China, -- used for painting upon, and for the manufacture
of fancy articles. It is made by cutting the pith of a
large herb ({Fatsia papyrifera}, related to the ginseng)
into one roll or sheet, which is flattened out under
pressure. Called also {pith paper}.
{Rice troupial} (Zo["o]l.), the bobolink.
{Rice water}, a drink for invalids made by boiling a small
quantity of rice in water.
{Rice-water discharge} (Med.), a liquid, resembling rice
water in appearance, which is vomited, and discharged from
the bowels, in cholera.
{Rice weevil} (Zo["o]l.), a small beetle ({Calandra, or
Sitophilus, oryz[ae]}) which destroys rice, wheat, and
Indian corn by eating out the interior; -- called also
{black weevil}.