sticky rice

[ stik-ee rahys ]
/ ˈstɪk i ˈraɪs /

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 bun, sticky end, sticky fingers, sticky note, sticky rice, sticky wicket, sticky willie, sticky-fingered, stickybeak, stiction
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