Thin translucent edible paper made from the flattened and dried pith of a shrub, used in oriental painting and in baking biscuits and cakes.
This paper is obtained from the Chinese plant Tetrapanax papyriferus (family Araliaceae) or from the Indo-Pacific plant Scaevola sericea (family Goodeniaceae)
Example sentencesExamples
I had been looking forward to the ricepaper rolls but words can't really do justice to how foul they were!
Definition of rice paper in US English:
rice paper
nounrīs ˈpāpər
Thin translucent edible paper made from the flattened and dried pith of a shrub, used in painting (especially oriental) and in baking biscuits and cakes.
This paper is obtained from the Chinese plant Tetrapanax papyriferus (family Araliaceae) or from the Indo-Pacific plant Scaevola sericea (family Goodeniaceae)
Example sentencesExamples
I had been looking forward to the ricepaper rolls but words can't really do justice to how foul they were!