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paragraph_text: zizania Bot.) A genus of grasses including Indian rice. See Indian rice, under Rice The four species of wild rice compose the genus Zizania, a group of grasses that grow in shallow water in small lakes and slow-flowing streams. Often, only the flowering head of wild rice rises above the water. True rice, genus Oryza, is also a grass; the two genera Oryza and Zizania are closely related, sharing the tribe Oryzeae. Three species of wild rice are native to North America: