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manoomin.

wild rice, usually northern wild rice (Zizania palustris)

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/mʌˈnuːmɪn//mʌˈnoʊ̯mɪn//məˈnuːmɪn//məˈnoʊ̯mɪn/
  1. wild rice, usually northern wild rice (Zizania palustris)

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Ojibwe manoomin, from Proto-Algonquian *maθo·mina. Doublet of mnomen, which is from Potawatomi, and Mahnomen, a placename.

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