rice-pa|per tree

rice-pa|per tree
rice-pa|per plant or rice-pa|per tree «RYS PAY puhr»,
a small tree or shrub of Asia, belonging to the ginseng family, from whose pith rice paper is made. The rice-paper plant has greenish flowers and large, spreading leaves, for which it is often grown as an ornamental.

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