rice paper

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rice′ pa′per, 

1. Printing a thin paper made from the straw of rice, as in China.
2. Printing a Chinese paper consisting of the pith of certain plants cut and pressed into thin sheets.
• 1815–25

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rice paper noun

1. a thin semitransparent edible paper made from the straw of rice, on which macaroons and similar cakes are baked
2. 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