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RYR

RYR is the initialism of red yeast rice.

Meaning of red yeast rice

Noun

red yeast rice (uncountable)

  1. A variety of rice that is fermented with the mold Monascus purpureus until it turns red; used in whole and powdered form as a food coloring, food ingredient, and medicine in China and other Asian nations.

Questions about RYR

What is RYR the initialism of?
RYR is the initialism of red yeast rice.

Words near RYR in the dictionary

  1. rypeck
  2. rypecks
  3. rypes
  4. Rypien
  5. rypophagous
  6. RYR
  7. Ryrie
  8. Ryries
  9. Ryser
  10. Rysers
  11. rysimeter

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