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.

Nearby words

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

Origin of rice paper

First recorded in 1815–25

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Examples 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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rice paper

noun

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rice paper

noun