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CHINAS
Noun
chinas
plural of china
Anagrams
• Cashin, Chains, Chians, Cishan, cash in, cash-in, chains, chasin'
Source: Wiktionary
CHINA
Chi"na, n.
1. A country in Eastern Asia.
2. China ware, which is the modern popular term for porcelain. See Porcelain. China aster (Bot.), a well-known garden flower and plant. See Aster.
– China bean. See under Bean, 1.
– China clay See Kaolin.
– China grass, Same as Ramie.
– China ink. See India ink.
– China pink (Bot.), an anual or biennial species of Dianthus (D. Chiensis) having variously colored single or double flowers; Indian pink.
– China root (Med.), the rootstock of a species of Smilax (S. China, from the East Indies; -- formerly much esteemed for the purposes that sarsaparilla is now used for. Also the galanga root (from Alpinia Gallanga and Alpinia officinarum).
– China rose. (Bot.) (a) A popular name for several free-blooming varieties of rose derived from the Rosa Indica, and perhaps other species. (b) A flowering hothouse plant (Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis) of the Mallow family, common in the gardens of China and the east Indies.
– China shop, a shop or store for the sale of China ware or of crockery.
– China ware, porcelain; -- so called in the 17th century because brought from the far East, and differing from the pottery made in Europa at that time; also, loosely, crockery in general.
– Pride of China, China tree. (Bot.) See Azedarach.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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