polished rice
noun
white rice polished or buffed by leather-covered cylinders during processing.
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Origin of polished rice
First recorded in 1920–25
Words nearby polished rice
polish people's republic, polish the apple, polish up, polish wheat, polished, polished rice, polit., polit. econ., politburo, polite, politesse
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