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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
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