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rice paper

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rice paper
n.
A thin paper made chiefly from the pith of the rice-paper plant.

rice paper
n
1. (Cookery) a thin semitransparent edible paper made from the straw of rice, on which macaroons and similar cakes are baked
2. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) 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
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Noun1.rice paperrice paper - a thin delicate material resembling paper; made from the rice-paper tree
paper - a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses
Translations
rice paper n (for art) → carta di riso (Culin) → ostie fpl
rice paper n (for art) → carta di riso (Culin) → ostie fpl


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