rice paper

noun

1. a thin paper made from the straw of rice, as in China.
2. a Chinese paper consisting of the pith of certain plants cut and pressed into thin sheets.

noun

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