RICE PAPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rice paper mean? 

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

1. a thin delicate material resembling paper; made from the rice-paper tree

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RICE PAPER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A thin delicate material resembling paper; made from the rice-paper tree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

paper (a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses)

 Context examples 

It came out with a brown rice paper and a pinch of Mexican tobacco, which were deftly rolled together into a cigarette.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)