Oryza is a genus of seven to twenty species of grasses in the tribe Oryzeae, within the subfamily Bambusoideae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Northern Australia and Africa. The genus includes the major food crop rice species Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima. Members of the genus grow as tall, wetland grasses, growing to 1–... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oryza
O·ry'za noun [ Latin , rice, Greek ... See Rice .] (Botany) A genus of grasses including the rice plant; rice. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/O/36