Definition of rice paper
1
:a thin papery material made from the pith of a small Asian tree or shrub (Tetrapanax papyriferum) of the ginseng family;
also
:a thin paper made from various usually Asian plants (such as the paper mulberry)
2
:a paper-thin sheet of dough made from rice flour and tapioca that is usually used to wrap a filling (as of minced vegetables or ground meat)
- Ground pork, carrots, onions and cellophane noodles are wrapped so that the green vegetables show through the translucent white rice paper.
- —Donna Hilts
