sticky rice

[ stik-ee rahys ]

noun

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sticky rice¹

First recorded in 1840–45

Example Sentences

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.

From Washington Post

Their provision is a particular kind of sticky rice, boiled in bamboos.

From Project Gutenberg

The children stand around and watch the men pound the sticky rice-paste with a heavy mallet.

From Project Gutenberg