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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The whole grain of rice, from which the germ and outer layers containing the bran have not been removed; unpolished rice.
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- noun
Rice with thebrownish hull not polished off as inwhite rice . The hull contains important vitamins, includingvitamin B complex , which are missing in white rice.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun unpolished rice retaining the yellowish-brown outer layer
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