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)
rice paper in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of rice paper in the US English dictionary
