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head rice
The whole grains of milled rice that can be obtained from a given quantity of clean rough rice (paddy). It is usually expressed as a percentage of rough rice. Broken rice larger than 3/4 of a grain is also considered as head rice. Head rice may vary from as low as 25% to as high as 65%.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Agriculture
- Category: Rice science
- Company: IRRI
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