rice growing en · ADJ
Etymology
1873 rice-growing, rice + growing.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) rice-growing; which grows or is capable of growing rice.
Among other kinds the Patna justly celebrated, but perhaps the most fertile province for rice-growing is Arracan, from whence great quantities of the grain are shipped to Europe from the port of Akyab, the importance of which is yearly increasing.
1873, Heber Drury, s.v. “Oryza sativa”, The Useful Plants of India: With Notices of Their Chief Value in Commerce, Medicine, and the Arts, 2nd ed., London: William H. Allen, p 324
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rice-growing | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (2)
hu rizstermelő (growing rice) · it risicolo (growing rice)