धान — meaning in English

English meaning

• paddy noun A flooded field used for growing rice.
• rice noun A cereal grass grown widely in flooded paddies, or the starchy seeds it produces that are eaten as a staple food.

Senses

धान is used for these senses in English:

• paddy rice unmilled
• rice plants

paddy — full definition

1. noun A flooded field used for growing rice.
2. noun Rice still in its husk, before milling.
3. noun Informal British/Irish English for a sudden fit of temper.

rice — full definition

1. noun A cereal grass grown widely in flooded paddies, or the starchy seeds it produces that are eaten as a staple food.
2. verb To press soft food such as potatoes through a ricer, breaking it into small rice-sized pieces.

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