| rice paper | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a thin semitransparent edible paper made from the straw of rice, on which macaroons and similar cakes are baked |
| 2. | a thin delicate Chinese paper made from an araliaceous plant, Tetrapanax papyriferum (rice-paper plant) of Taiwan, the pith of which is pared and flattened into sheets |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |