See Also: zizania(medicine)
zizania(dictionary)

zizania (iou)



zizania noun. Orig. (in sense 2 rarely) Anglicized as zizany. ME.
[In sense 1 late Latin, noun pl. from Greek zizania darnel pl. of zizanion. In sense 2 adopted (as fem. sing.) as genus name.]
Tares: see TARE noun1 3. ME-E18.
Any of various aquatic grasses constituting the genus Zizania; esp. Indian rice, Z. aquatica. ME.