Bot. [mod.L. fem. sing. = late L. n. pl. (see ZIZANY).] (Any aquatic grass of) the genus so named, esp. Z. aquatica (Canada, Indian, water, or wild rice).
1829. T. Castle, Introd. Bot., 157. The zizania or Canada-rice.
1847. Prichard, Phys. Hist. Man., V. VI. v. § 6. 395. The Menomonies are called ‘Folles Avoines,’ or Wild Oats, from the wild rice or zizania which their country produces.
