Word Meanings - CHINA - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. A country in Eastern Asia. 2. China ware, which is the modern popular term for porcelain. See Porcelain. China aster , a well-known garden flower and plant. See Aster. -- China bean. See under Bean, 1. -- China clay See Kaolin. -- China grass,

Additional info about word: CHINA

1. A country in Eastern Asia. 2. China ware, which is the modern popular term for porcelain. See Porcelain. 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 (D. Chiensis) having variously colored single or double flowers; Indian pink. -- China root , 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 -- China rose. A popular name for several free-blooming varieties of rose derived from the Rosa Indica, and perhaps other species. A flowering hothouse plant 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. See Azedarach.

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• UNDERBRED
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• UNDERSECRETARY
  A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; an assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury.
• UNDERPLOT
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• FLOWERY-KIRTLED
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• GARDEN
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• UNDERNICENESS
  A want of niceness; indelicacy; impropriety.
• POPULARIZATION
  The act of making popular, or of introducing among the people.
• UNDERSOIL
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• UNDERDOLVEN
  p. p. of Underdelve.
• MODERN
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• COUNTRY-DANCE
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• UNDERPROP
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• UNDERNIME
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• UNDERCREST
  To support as a crest; to bear. Shak.
• ASTERISK
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• UNDERGROUND INSURANCE
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• UNDERSAY
  To say by way of derogation or contradiction. Spenser.
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• DISPLANTATION
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• SUPPLANT
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• CREMASTERIC
  Of or pertaining to the cremaster; as, the cremasteric artery.
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• MESOGASTER
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• PLUNDERER
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