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/raɪs pˈeɪpər/ Listen

Rice paper

noun

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

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"Rice paper" Quotes from Famous Books

... the missive; he examined closely some half-a-dozen Chinese characters that were scrawled along the length of the outer fold, and which she had innocently supposed were a part of the markings of the rice paper on which ...

— From Sand Hill to Pine • Bret Harte

... past, was breaking up. The women, in knots of three or four, were scattering to the night's festivities. Mark, as guide, let business go as he led them on his grand tour of Chinatown. They stopped to survey sidewalk altars of rice paper and jade, where priests tapped their little gongs and sang all night the glory of the Good Lady; they visited the prayer store, emporium for red candles, "devil-go-ways," punks, votive tassels, ...

— The Readjustment • Will Irwin

... tongue, which resulted in an addition being made to each collection: Kitty returned home hugging "a little d-arling" jug of Italian pottery, while Chrissie exhibited a Chinese post-card, and pictures of Mongolian belles printed on transparent rice paper. The glories of the interview lost nothing from their descriptions; and Lilias and Elsie sighed continuously until the time came ...

— A Houseful of Girls • Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey