Sentence:  First, we have the Italian <WSD>rices</WSD>; secondly, the <WSD>rices</WSD> of the French colonies of Indo-China and Madagascar, which are beginning to cultivate <WSD>rices</WSD> of very fine quality, altogether superior to those that were cultivated only a few years back. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A specific variety of this plant.