rice paper
noun
a thin paper made from the straw of rice, as in China.
a Chinese paper consisting of the pith of certain plants cut and pressed into thin sheets.
Origin of rice paper
First recorded in 1815–25
Words nearby rice paper
rice bean,
rice blast,
rice bowl,
rice coal,
rice grass,
rice paper,
rice rat,
rice weevil,
rice-paper tree,
ricebird,
ricer
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British Dictionary definitions for rice paper
rice paper
noun
a thin semitransparent edible paper made from the straw of rice, on which macaroons and similar cakes are baked
a thin delicate Chinese paper made from an araliaceous plant, Tetrapanax papyriferum (rice-paper plant) of Taiwan, the pith of which is pared and flattened into sheets