rice paper
A non-fibrous, delicate, paperlike material made
from the pith of the rice paper tree, a small
Asiatic tree or shrub, Tetrapanax papyriferum,
that is widely cultivated in China and Japan. The
pith is cut into a thin layer of ivorylike texture
by means of a sharp knife. (17 , 156 )
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