Meaning & use
Paddies
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Flooded or irrigated fields in which rice is grown.
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Farmers waded through the flooded paddies to plant new rice seedlings.
The hillside was terraced with rice paddies stretching down to the valley.
A note on using this word
'Paddy' comes from the Malay word 'padi,' meaning rice plant, and entered English through Southeast Asian trade contact.
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rice fields
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