Rice: Quick Facts

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Oct. 22, 2026

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Facts

Also Known As	Oryza sativa

Photos and Videos

Close-up of green rice grains (Oryza sativa) growing on stalks in a field, with long, narrow leaves in the background.

Terraced rice paddy

Rice cultivation

Illustration showing corn, oats, rice, and wheat plants above cross-sections of their grains, each labeled to highlight key parts such as endosperm in corn, germ in oats, hull in rice, and bran in wheat.

Uncooked bundle of flat, white Asian rice noodles arranged neatly on a white background.

Close-up of green rice plants (Oryza sativa) with ripening grain heads in a field.

rice harvesting

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Robert Allston, detail of an oil painting by George Whiting Flagg, 1850s; in a private collection

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