English Explanatory Dictionary

forbidden rice

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of black rice.

Word forms

forbidden rice

Etymology

So called because, in ancient China, only the upper class could afford to eat it.

Synonyms

black rice
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