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hanging rice

hanging rice noun: rice wrapped and boiled in a casing made of woven coconut leaves.

Noun

hanging rice (uncountable)

  1. (Philippines) Rice wrapped and boiled in a casing made of woven coconut leaves.
    • As I continued walking around the market, I would see lots of meat hanging in each stall until I finally found the object of my quest: the little red sweet and salty two-inch-long sausages and Cebu's famed hanging rice.2014, Erlinda Jean, A Little Girl in a Big Hat, page 25
    Synonyms:
    puso

Synonyms of hanging rice

Origin of hanging rice

It is usually stored hanging to avoid spoilage.

Questions about hanging rice

What does hanging rice mean?
Hanging rice means rice wrapped and boiled in a casing made of woven coconut leaves.
What part of speech is hanging rice?
Hanging rice is a noun.

Words near hanging rice in the dictionary

  1. hanging parrots
  2. hanging participle
  3. hanging participles
  4. hanging rail
  5. hanging rails
  6. hanging rice
  7. Hanging Rock
  8. hanging round
  9. hanging side
  10. hanging sides
  11. hanging sleeve

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