Assertion: rice | /r/AtLocation | europe
Facets:
value: possibly
type: DEGREE
value: as a food crop
type: PURPOSE
value: through western asia
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Rice was introduced to Europe through Western Asia, and to the Americas through European colonization.
text: Rice was known to the Romans, and possibly introduced to Europe as a food crop, dating as early as the 8th or 10th Century AD, and so the recipe for the popular English rice pudding is believed by some to be descended from kheer.[better source needed]