purple rice

noun

: black rice sense 1

Purple rice's color is created by a flavonoid called anthocyanin. … This same pigment gives blueberries, eggplants, and other healthy fruits and vegetables their deep color.

—Corey Whelan

In addition to the name forbidden rice and black rice, it can be called purple rice. … Uncooked forbidden rice looks black but after cooking, the color turns a deep shade of purple.

—Will Morgan

Word History

First Known Use

1828, in the meaning defined above