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RICE PAPER

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 291 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RICE See also:PAPER . The substance which has received this name in See also:Europe, through the mistaken notion that it is made from rice, consists of the See also:pith of a small See also:tree, Aralia papyrifera, which grows in the swampy forests of See also:Formosa. The cylindrical core of pith is rolled on a hard See also:flat See also:surface against a See also:knife, by which it is cut into thin sheets of a See also:fine See also:ivory-like texture. Dyed in various See also:colours, rice paper is extensively used for the preparation of artificial See also:flowers, while the See also:white sheets are employed by native artists for See also:water-See also:colour drawings.

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