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glutinous rice

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.25 in modern English

Syllables
gluti-nous rice
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A variety of short-grain rice popular in Southeast and East Asia, known for its stickiness when cooked.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

glutinous rices (plural)

Synonyms

biroin chal botan rice mochi rice pearl rice sticky rice sweet rice waxy rice

Questions

What does glutinous rice mean?
A variety of short-grain rice popular in Southeast and East Asia, known for its stickiness when cooked.

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