POLISHED RICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does polished rice mean? 

• POLISHED RICE (noun)
  The noun POLISHED RICE has 1 sense:

1. having husk or outer brown layers removed

  Familiarity information: POLISHED RICE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLISHED RICE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having husk or outer brown layers removed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

polished rice; white rice

Hypernyms ("polished rice" is a kind of...):

rice (grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished)

 Context examples 

Was set a maximum limit of 0.2 milligrams of arsenic per kilogram of polished rice.

(Parboiling husked rice reduces arsenic content, SciDev.Net)

Shifting away from white, polished rice to a diet that includes more wheat and coarse grains can improve how Indians deal with micronutrient deficiencies, and reduce greenhouse gas (GhG) emissions associated with paddy cultivation.

(Course grains better than rice for health, environment, SciDev.Net)

Parboiling whole grain fortifies polished rice grain with calcium by 213 per cent. This is thought to be due to migration of calcium from the outer layer of rice to inner layers during parboiling.

(Parboiling husked rice reduces arsenic content, SciDev.Net)