<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.</li><li>the grass itself.</li><li>a food that is chopped or otherwise processed to resemble rice (used in combination): sweet potato rice, cauliflower rice.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to reduce to a form resembling rice: to rice potatoes.</li></ul>