The first thing (and many of you already know this), wild rice isn't actually a rice - it's an annual aquatic grass. (101cookbooks.com)
NOT made from rice, but a wild aquatic grass originally grown in lakes, particularly in the Minnesota area. (glutenfreeandmore.com)
«They are followed by aquatic grasses that need to grow extremely fast to surpass the rising floods and then die off during the receding - water period.» (sciencedaily.com)