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Definition of Mountain rice
1. Noun. Valuable forage grass of dry upland areas and plains of western North America to northern Mexico.
Generic synonyms: Rice Grass, Ricegrass
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Mountain Rice
Literary usage of Mountain rice
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of Grasses: An Illustrated Guide to the Common Grasses, and the by Mary Francis Baker (1912)
"White-grained mountain rice is one of the earliest of the woodland grasses, and
the common name refers to the large seed of which it is said that a white ..."
2. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1895)
"The parcels of mountain rice from Timor came to hand too late in the last season
to produce seed. I have sowed this spring some of the same, but it has not ..."
3. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1895)
"The parcels of mountain rice from Timor came to hand too late in the last season
to produce seed. I have sowed this spring some of the same, but it has not ..."
4. The Works of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1904)
"The parcels of mountain rice from Timor came to hand too late in the last season
to produce seed. I have sowed this spring some of the same, but it has not ..."
5. A Text-book of Tropical Agriculture by Henry Alfred Alford Nicholls (1906)
"mountain rice. Upland or mountain rice, though producing a similar grain to the
common or aquatic kind, differs greatly in its Climate. habit and ..."
6. Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society by Shanghai Literary and Scientific Society, North-China Branch, China Branch (1920)
"A variety of rice found among the grains of the red white water rice cultivated
in Manchuria as mountain rice. Its hulls are yellow of 7 mm in length and ..."
7. Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks by Joseph Banks, Joseph Dalton Hooker (1896)
"Wild animals—Fish—Birds — Rice — mountain rice—Vegetables—Fruits: detailed
description, supply and consumption—Palm-wine—Odoriferous flowers—Spices— ..."
8. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter (1903)
"WHITE-GRAINED mountain rice. (Man. p. 98; IF /. 316.) In woods, NS to BC, NJ,
Minn, and in the Rocky Mountains to N. Мех.—Pennsylvania: MONROE; ..."
9. The Book of Grasses: An Illustrated Guide to the Common Grasses, and the by Mary Francis Baker (1912)
"White-grained mountain rice is one of the earliest of the woodland grasses, and
the common name refers to the large seed of which it is said that a white ..."
10. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1895)
"The parcels of mountain rice from Timor came to hand too late in the last season
to produce seed. I have sowed this spring some of the same, but it has not ..."
11. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1895)
"The parcels of mountain rice from Timor came to hand too late in the last season
to produce seed. I have sowed this spring some of the same, but it has not ..."
12. The Works of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1904)
"The parcels of mountain rice from Timor came to hand too late in the last season
to produce seed. I have sowed this spring some of the same, but it has not ..."
13. A Text-book of Tropical Agriculture by Henry Alfred Alford Nicholls (1906)
"mountain rice. Upland or mountain rice, though producing a similar grain to the
common or aquatic kind, differs greatly in its Climate. habit and ..."
14. Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society by Shanghai Literary and Scientific Society, North-China Branch, China Branch (1920)
"A variety of rice found among the grains of the red white water rice cultivated
in Manchuria as mountain rice. Its hulls are yellow of 7 mm in length and ..."
15. Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks by Joseph Banks, Joseph Dalton Hooker (1896)
"Wild animals—Fish—Birds — Rice — mountain rice—Vegetables—Fruits: detailed
description, supply and consumption—Palm-wine—Odoriferous flowers—Spices— ..."
16. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter (1903)
"WHITE-GRAINED mountain rice. (Man. p. 98; IF /. 316.) In woods, NS to BC, NJ,
Minn, and in the Rocky Mountains to N. Мех.—Pennsylvania: MONROE; ..."
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