陸稲おかぼ

noun

upland rice; dry-field rice

Refers to rice grown in non-flooded fields, as opposed to paddy rice (水稲). The term covers both the plant and the crop.

• 陸稲おかぼは水すい田でんではなく畑はたけで栽さい培ばいされる。

  Upland rice is cultivated in dry fields, not in paddies.

• この地ち域いきでは陸稲おかぼの品ひん種しゅ改かい良りょうが進すすんでいる。

  In this region, breeding of upland rice varieties is advancing.