China /(?)/
Chi·na
China
n.
- A country in Eastern Asia.
- China ware, which is the modern popular term for porcelain. See Porcelain.
Phrases & Compounds
- China aster
- 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
- an anual or biennial species of Dianthus (Dianthus Chiensis) having variously colored single or double flowers; Indian pink.
- China root
- the rootstock of a species of Smilax (Smilax 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
- A popular name for several free-blooming varieties of rose derived from the Rosa Indica, and perhaps other species.
- China shop
- a shop or store for the sale of China ware or of crockery.
- Pride of China
- See Azedarach.