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The Jews of Bagdad and Morocco stayed away from rice because they were afraid that it was mixed with wheat.
See Ben Ish Chai Tzav 41 , Rav Pe’alim 3:30
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The earliest source, Sefer Mitzvot ha-katan (SMaK) of R. Yitzchak of Corbeil lists, in French, pois (peas), fole (perhaps, fave, fava beans, 'ful' in Hebrew) & ris (rice), which he lists as 'types of kitniyot'.
Prior to that, the designation 'kitniyot' applied primarily in the context of the laws of kilayim. Rambam conceptualizes three categories of ...
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Hm. As I understand it, the reason Ashkenazim don't eat matza-made-with-fruit-juice is to respect a minority opinion in Tosfos, that it would create a certain form of chametz. But if someone is ill, we rely on the majority opinion.
Kitniyos is purely a custom, and one that was never decreed against those who are ill. Hence my guess is all else being equal, ...
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