botan rice

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botan rice

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From Japanese 牡丹 (botan, “peony”) + rice, possibly after Japanese 牡丹餅 (botamochi, “botamochi, a Japanese sweet made with glutinous rice”).

noun

  1. Synonym of glutinous rice.

    Similar: glutinous rice

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@misc{botan_rice_2026,
  title = {botan rice},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/botan%20rice},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}