rice paper

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rice paper

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

rice paper

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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Noun

rice 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

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