zizania

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) Any of several aquatic North American grasses, of the genus, grown for their edible grain; wild rice.

Etymology
Originally a neuter plural form (see ), which could be subject to a highly productive process of reinterpretation as collective feminine singular.

Pronunciation

 * Note: the /a/ is apparently long in Sumerian, unattested in Greek, scanned variously in Latin. The length of the /i/ before the underlyingly-geminate /z/ is unknown.
 * Note: the /a/ is apparently long in Sumerian, unattested in Greek, scanned variously in Latin. The length of the /i/ before the underlyingly-geminate /z/ is unknown.