sticky rice

[ stik-ee rahys ]

/ ˈstɪk i ˈraɪs /

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noun

a variety of cultivated short-grain rice grown especially in Southeast, East, and South Asia that becomes notably sticky when cooked: most varieties of short-grain rice contain both amylopectin and amylose, but sticky rice contains only amylopectin.

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Also called glu·ti·nous rice .

Origin of sticky rice

First recorded in 1840–45

Words nearby sticky rice

sticky blood, sticky end, sticky-fingered, sticky fingers, Sticky Note, sticky rice, sticky wicket, sticky willie, stiction, Stiegel, Stieglitz

How to use sticky rice in a sentence

With the taste of chiles, garlic and ginger lingering in my mouth, the dessert I most crave from the adjoining Magnolia dessert bar is sticky rice and sliced mangoes.
Sisters Thai in Potomac reminds us that food isn’t everything|Tom Sietsema|April 23, 2021|Washington Post
Their provision is a particular kind of sticky rice, boiled in bamboos.
The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido|Henry Keppel
The children stand around and watch the men pound the sticky rice-paste with a heavy mallet.
Our Little Japanese Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade