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Zizania latifolia, known as Manchurian wild rice [5] (Chinese: 菰; pinyin: gū), is the only member of the wild rice genus Zizania native to Asia. It is used as a food plant. Both the stem and grain are edible. Gathered in the wild, Manchurian wild rice was an important grain in ancient China.
Manchu cuisine or Manchurian cuisine is the cuisine of Manchuria (Northeast China) and Outer Manchuria (also known as Russian Manchuria). It uses the traditional Manchu staple foods of millet , soybean , peas , corn and broomcorn .
The word "Manchurian" means native or inhabitant of Manchuria (in northeast China); the dish, however, is a creation of Chinese restaurants in India, and bears little resemblance to traditional Manchu cuisine or Northeastern Chinese cuisine. [4]
The swollen crisp white stems of Manchurian wild rice are grown as a vegetable, popular in East and Southeast Asia. The swelling occurs because of infection with the smut fungus Ustilago esculenta. [2] The fungus prevents the plant from flowering, so the crop is propagated asexually, the infection being passed from mother plant to daughter plant.
Manchurian may refer to: Manchuria, a region in Northeast Asia Manchurian people, a Tungusic people who originated in Manchuria (today's Northeastern China) Manchurian language, a Tungusic language spoken in Northeast China; Manchurian (dish), a style of food dishes such as chicken Manchurian, vegetable Manchurian, etc. in Indian Chinese cuisine
Ulmus laciniata (Trautv.) Mayr, known variously as the Manchurian, cut-leaf, or lobed elm, is a deciduous tree native to the humid ravine forests of Japan, Korea, northern China, eastern Siberia and Sakhalin, growing alongside Cercidiphyllum japonicum, Aesculus turbinata, and Pterocarya rhoifolia, [2] [3] [4] at elevations of 700–2200 m, though sometimes lower in more northern latitudes ...
Number of “near me” names explodes. The earliest use of “near me” in a business trademark name was less than a decade ago, according to Steve Manning, co-founder of Igor Naming Agency. A ...
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