rice paddy

rice paddy
   An anthropogenic, nearly level impoundment that is inundated for long periods typically for wetland rice production. It is applied to areas that have been used in this fashion for a long enough period of time to significantly change the original soil morphology (especially redoximorphic features).
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Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.

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  • rice paddy — rice .paddy plural rice paddies n a field in which rice is grown …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • rice paddy — rice ,paddy noun count a field covered in water that is used for growing rice …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • rice paddy — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms rice paddy : singular rice paddy plural rice paddies a field covered in water that is used for growing rice …   English dictionary

  • rice paddy — noun an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑paddy, ↑paddy field • Hypernyms: ↑field …   Useful english dictionary

  • rice paddy — a field for growing rice, flooded with water and often stocked with fish. See paddy cum fish culture …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • rice paddy — noun A paddy field where rice is grown …   Wiktionary

  • rice paddy — noun (C) a field in which rice is grown …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • rice paddy —    In a cave, a terraced rimstone pool [10] …   Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology

  • rice paddy — /ˈraɪs pædi/ (say ruys padee) noun → paddy1 (def. 3) …  

  • Paddy — may refer to: *Paddy, a masculine given name, and a common diminutive for Patrick or Pádraig *Paddy, slang (usually derogatory) term in British English for an Irish person *Paddy Whiskey, a brand of Irish whiskey manufactured by The Cork… …   Wikipedia

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