lúa nổi
Definition
- Noun:
- Floating rice: A specific type of deep-water rice (Oryza sativa) known for its exceptionally rapid stem elongation. This allows it to keep its panicles (grain heads) above the surface of rising floodwaters in river deltas and deeply inundated fields.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Nông dân ở Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long trồng lúa nổi để thích ứng với mùa lũ. (Farmers in the Mekong Delta grow floating rice to adapt to the flood season.)
- Lúa nổi có thể cao tới vài mét khi nước dâng. (Floating rice can grow several meters tall as the water rises.)
- Canh tác lúa nổi là một hệ thống nông nghiệp độc đáo. (Cultivating floating rice is a unique agricultural system.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "lúa nổi" can be used metaphorically to describe something that rises or floats above challenges, though this is less common.
- Công ty đó như lúa nổi, vượt lên trên khó khăn của thị trường. (That company is like floating rice, rising above the difficulties of the market.)
Variants and Related Words
- Lúa nước sâu (n): Deep-water rice. This is a broader technical category that includes floating rice varieties.
- Lúa nước (n): Wet rice, lowland rice (the general term for rice grown in flooded paddies, contrasting with upland rice).
Synonyms
- Floating rice: The direct and most accurate translation.
- Deep-water rice: A related technical term.
Related Concepts
- Adaptive agriculture: "Lúa nổi" is a prime example of traditional, flood-adaptive farming practices, particularly in the Mekong and Red River Deltas.
- Elongation ability: The key characteristic of this rice is its internode elongation in response to submergence.