rice paper

noun

a thin paper made from the straw of rice, as in China.

a Chinese paper consisting of the pith of certain plants cut and pressed into thin sheets.

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Origin of rice paper

First recorded in 1815–25

Words nearby rice paper

rice bean, rice blast, rice bowl, rice coal, rice grass, rice paper, rice rat, rice weevil, rice-paper tree, ricebird, ricer

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Example sentences from the Web for rice paper

When it came forth again, concealed under each little finger was a tiny roll of rice-paper torn from a book of cigarette-wrappers.
The White Mice|Richard Harding Davis
From the pith of A. papyrifĕra is obtained the Chinese rice-paper.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2|Various
It takes the form of making an image in rice-paper of your enemy and piercing it with arrows or spears.
Indo-China and Its Primitive People|Henry Baudesson
The ex-cowboy mine owner drew a long breath and felt for his tobacco-sack and rice-paper.
The Real Man|Francis Lynde

There are a few other trees or plants which yield a pith from which rice-paper can be made; but the Aralia is the most important.
Chatterbox, 1905.|Various

British Dictionary definitions for rice paper

rice paper

noun

a thin semitransparent edible paper made from the straw of rice, on which macaroons and similar cakes are baked

a thin delicate Chinese paper made from an araliaceous plant, Tetrapanax papyriferum (rice-paper plant) of Taiwan, the pith of which is pared and flattened into sheets

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