Definition

1. Noun:
   • Rice-ear, panicle: The seed-bearing part of a rice plant; a cluster of rice grains on a stalk.
   • Spikelet (botanical term): A small spike, especially one of the small clusters of flowers in grasses like rice.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Lúa trổ đầy những gié nặng trĩu hạt. (The rice plant is full of heavy, grain-laden panicles.)
  • Sâu phá hoại nhiều gié lúa. (Pests have destroyed many rice ears.)
  • Mỗi gié lúa chứa hàng chục hạt thóc. (Each rice panicle contains dozens of grains.)

Advanced Usage

• "gié lúa": This is the most common compound, specifically meaning "rice panicle" or "rice ear."
• Used in agricultural and botanical contexts to describe the stage and health of the rice plant.

Variants and Related Words

• Bông lúa: Another common term for "rice ear" or "rice panicle," often used interchangeably with .
• Hạt lúa: Rice grain (the individual seed from the ).

Synonyms

• Panicle (English): A loose, branching cluster of flowers, as in oats and rice.
• Ear (English): The seed-bearing head of a cereal plant.

Notes on Meaning

• The word gié is highly specific to cereal plants, especially rice. It is not used for the ears of other plants like corn (which is ).
• In the example from the Vietnamese-Vietnamese dictionary ("Sâu cắn gié"), it illustrates a common problem: pests biting/damaging the rice ear.

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