apprentice. 1  a person under legal agreement to work a specified length of time for a master craftsman in a craft or trade in return for instruction and, formerly, support. 2  a person who is acquiring a trade, craft, or skill under specified conditions, usually as a member of a labor union. 3  any learner or beginner; novice.
Black Japonica Rice is a short-grain and long-grain rice combination. Although Japonica rice was first cultivated in China in ancient times, Lundberg Family Farms, a California food production company, takes credit for the creating Black Japonica Rice in the late 20th century.
Aromatic and Glutinous rice varieties are seen in both Indica and Japonica main types of rice. There are more than 40,000 varieties of cultivated rice (grass species Oryza sativa) said to exist. But the exact figure is uncertain. Over 90,000 samples of cultivated rice and wild species are stored at the International Rice Genebank and these are used by researchers from the world.