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Chinamen :: Chinamen (pl. ) of Chinama.

Ramie :: Ramie (n.) The grass-cloth plant (B/hmeria nivea); also, its fiber, which is very fine and exceedingly strong; -- called also China grass, and rhea. See Grass-cloth plant, under Grass..

Hydrangea :: Hydrangea (n.) A genus of shrubby plants bearing opposite leaves and large heads of showy flowers, white, or of various colors. H. hortensis, the common garden species, is a native of China or Japan..

Machinating :: Machinating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Machinat.

Safranin :: Safranin (n.) A red dyestuff extracted from the safflower, and formerly used in dyeing wool, silk, and cotton pink and scarlet; -- called also Spanish red, China lake, and carthamin..

Flatware :: Flatware (n.) Articles for the table, as china or silverware, that are more or less flat, as distinguished from hollow ware..

Cathay :: Cathay (n.) China; -- an old name for the Celestial Empire, said have been introduced by Marco Polo and to be a corruption of the Tartar name for North China (Khitai, the country of the Khitans.).

Trepang :: Trepang (n.) Any one of several species of large holothurians, some of which are dried and extensively used as food in China; -- called also beche de mer, sea cucumber, and sea slug..

Tael :: Tael (n.) A denomination of money, in China, worth nearly six shillings sterling, or about a dollar and forty cents; also, a weight of one ounce and a third..

Pegasus :: Pegasus (n.) A genus of small fishes, having large pectoral fins, and the body covered with hard, bony plates. Several species are known from the East Indies and China..

Chulan :: Chulan (n.) The fragrant flowers of the Chloranthus inconspicuus, used in China for perfuming tea..

Trichinae :: Trichinae (pl. ) of Trichin.

Nankeen :: Nankeen (n.) A species of cloth, of a firm texture, originally brought from China, made of a species of cotton (Gossypium religiosum) that is naturally of a brownish yellow color quite indestructible and permanent..

Kaoline :: Kaoline (n.) A very pure white clay, ordinarily in the form of an impalpable powder, and used to form the paste of porcelain; China clay; porcelain clay. It is chiefly derived from the decomposition of common feldspar..

Trichinous :: Trichinous (a.) Of or pertaining to trichinae or trichinosis; affected with, or containing, trichinae; as, trichinous meat..

Litchi :: Litchi (n.) The fruit of a tree native to China (Nephelium Litchi). It is nutlike, having a rough but tender shell, containing an aromatic pulp, and a single large seed. In the dried fruit which is exported the pulp somewhat resembles a raisin in color and form..

Cochin Fowl :: Cochin fowl () A large variety of the domestic fowl, originally from Cochin China (Anam)..

Lorcha :: Lorcha (n.) A kind of light vessel used on the coast of China, having the hull built on a European model, and the rigging like that of a Chinese junk..

Nick :: Nick (n.) A broken or indented place in any edge or surface; nicks in china.

Run :: Run (n.) A voyage; as, a run to China..

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