Definition of 「秈」:
1. Same as "籼".
Noun: A type of rice. The leaves are relatively broad and long, light green in color, and the stalks are tall. The grains are slender or flat, with few short hairs on the husk, and the cooked rice tends to be drier and harder. Academic terminology typically refers to this type of rice as "Indica rice," which has more than twenty-five percent amylose in its starch. The term "zailai rice" commonly used in Taiwan refers to rice of the indica type.
Noun: A type of rice. The leaves are relatively broad and long, light green in color, and the stalks are tall. The grains are slender or flat, with few short hairs on the husk, and the cooked rice tends to be drier and harder. Academic terminology typically refers to this type of rice as "Indica rice," which has more than twenty-five percent amylose in its starch. The term "zailai rice" commonly used in Taiwan refers to rice of the indica type.