polished rice
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of polished rice
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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Their fellow tenants now share the roasted-chestnut-and-mushroom perfume of Aspergillus oryzae, or koji, growing on steamed, polished rice.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2018
At the time, white rice, otherwise known as polished rice, was something of a luxury—or at least not something you’d give to laboratory chickens that you wanted to infect with a deadly disease.
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2015
The Department of Agriculture estimates that on average arsenic levels are 10 times as high in rice bran as in polished rice.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2014
They are protected by import tariffs in excess of 700 percent for polished rice.
From Reuters ● Mar. 14, 2011
The food value of polished rice is inferior to that of the unpolished grain.
From School and Home Cooking by Greer, Carlotta Cherryholmes
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