is rice a vegetable?

Answer 1

Rice is classified as a cereal grain or starch. It is a carbohydrate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice

Answer 2

If you are playing the game "20 Questions," then rice is considered a vegetable. However, as far as a 'food group,' it is a Grain.

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Answer 3

No its a cereal grain. Which is a seed really. Vegetables are plant matter, Fruit is the flesh that surrounds the seed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grain
Cereal crops or grains are mostly grasses cultivated for their edible grains or a fruit seeds (i.e., botanically a type of fruit called a caryopsis). Cereal grains are grown in greater quantities and provide more energy worldwide than any other type of crop; they are therefore staple crops. They are also a rich source of carbohydrate. In some developing nations, grain constitutes practically the entire diet of poor people. In developed nations, cereal consumption is more moderate but still substantial.

The word 'cereal' derives from 'Ceres', the name of the pre-Roman goddess of harvest and agriculture. Grains are traditionally called corn in the United Kingdom and Ireland, though that word became specified for maize in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia.

Answer 4

Rice is from the grass family and it is a grain, it is not a vegetable.

Answer 5

Rice is a grain,classified as a cereal,like wheat,sorghum ,barley & oats.Most cereals are grown & harvested in like manner,with the exception of rice ,which is grown in moist, watered levelled out areas.called rice paddies .

Answer 6

rice vegetable

Answer 7

Rice is considered a cereal grain, and cereal grains are considered fruits.

Answer 8

what does the dictionary say>>??

rice
NOUN:
1: A cereal grass (Oryza sativa) that is cultivated extensively in warm climates for its edible grain.
2: The starchy grain of this plant, used as a staple food throughout the world.

Answer 9

Grains are vegetables, in the same sense that peas, beans and corn kernels are considered vegetables.

Answer 10

Grain.

Answer 11

You require both for your daily intake i wood express just as good as one another. Granta