food grain, grain, cereal - foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses

brown rice - unpolished rice retaining the yellowish-brown outer layer

polished rice, white rice - having husk or outer brown layers removed

paddy - rice in the husk either gathered or still in the field

cultivated rice, Oryza sativa - yields the staple food of 50 percent of world's population

rice beer, sake, saki - Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot

genus Oryza, Oryza - rice

cultivated rice, Oryza sativa - yields the staple food of 50 percent of world's population

cereal, cereal grass - grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet

lyricist - a person who writes the words for songs

dramatist, playwright - someone who writes plays

cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"

sift, sieve, strain - separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour"