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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
Words nearby sticky rice
sticky blood, sticky end, sticky-fingered, sticky fingers, Sticky Note, sticky rice, sticky wicket, sticky willie, stiction, Stiegel, Stieglitz
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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 PostTheir provision is a particular kind of sticky rice, boiled in bamboos.
The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido|Henry KeppelThe children stand around and watch the men pound the sticky rice-paste with a heavy mallet.
Our Little Japanese Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade