rice

staple food grain of Oryza and Zizania species, for the plant see Q161426
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rice

Summary

rice ranks in the top 0.3% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,258 views/month, #230 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • rice is a type of cereal[2].
  • rice is a type of staple food[3].
  • rice is a type of caryopsis[4].
  • rice is a type of food ingredient[5].
  • rice is a type of shelf-stable food[6].
  • rice is used for porridge[7].
  • rice is used for risotto[8].
  • rice is used for nasi goreng[9].
  • rice's Commons category is recorded as Rice[10].
  • rice's Unicode character is recorded as 🍚[11].
  • rice comprises starch[12].
  • rice's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rice[13].
  • rice's Commons gallery is recorded as Rice[14].
  • rice's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[15].
  • rice's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[16].
  • rice's described by source is recorded as Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao[17].
  • rice's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[18].
  • rice's described by source is recorded as EncyclopΓ¦dia Britannica 11th edition[19].
  • rice's natural product of taxon is recorded as Oryza[20].
  • rice's natural product of taxon is recorded as Oryza sativa[21].
  • rice's fabrication method is recorded as growing of rice[22].
  • rice's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[23].
  • rice's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24].
  • rice's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Climate change[25].
  • rice's carbon footprint is recorded as {'unit': 'Q57084968', 'amount': '+2.6'}[26].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include cereal[2], staple food[3], caryopsis[4], food ingredient[5], and shelf-stable food[6].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include porridge[7], risotto[8], and nasi goreng[9]. rice comprises starch[12].

Influence

Things named for rice include omurice[27].

Why It Matters

rice ranks in the top 0.3% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,258 views/month, #230 of 77,819).[1] rice has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] rice is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Entities named for rice include omurice[27].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . This is how the future tastes: the culinary compass for a healthy earth. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org. β†’ on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago Β· Twofivesixbot bot Β· 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata β†—
    Water footprint β†’ {'unit': 'Q57899268', 'amount': '+1673'}, {'unit': 'Q57899268', 'amount': '+2172'}
    Subclass of β†’ β€”
    Natural product of taxon β†’ Oryza, Oryza sativa
    On focus list of wikimedia project β†’ Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4, WikiProject Climate change
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 4688, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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