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China Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of China? [n] high quality porcelain originally made only in China [n] dishware made of china [n] a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world [n] a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the communists led by Mao Zedong Synonyms \| Synonyms for China: chinaware \| Communist China \| mainland China \| Nationalist China \| People's Republic of China \| PRC \| Red China \| Republic of China \| Taiwan Related Terms \| Find terms related to China: adobe \| biscuit \| bisque \| bowl \| brick \| bubble \| cement \| ceramic ware \| ceramics \| clay \| crock \| crockery \| eggshell \| enamel \| enamelware \| firebrick \| glass \| glass house \| house of cards \| ice \| jug \| matchwood \| old paper \| parchment \| piecrust \| porcelain \| pot \| pottery \| refractory \| tile \| tiling \| urn \| vase See Also \| Amur \| Amur River \| Asia \| Asian country \| Asian nation \| Beijing \| bone china \| Brahmaputra \| Brahmaputra River \| Canton \| Canton River \| capital of Red China \| capital of Taiwan \| Cathay \| Chang \| Chang Jiang \| Changan \| Chinese \| Chinese Revolution \| Chino-Japanese War \| Chongqing \| Chu Kiang \| Chungking \| crackle \| crackle china \| crackleware \| crockery \| dishware \| Fengtien \| Gan Jiang \| Gansu \| Great Wall \| Great Wall of China \| Guangzhou \| Hangchow \| Hangzhou \| Hebei \| Heilong Jiang \| Hong Kong \| Hopeh \| Hopei \| Hsian \| Huang He \| Hwang Ho \| island \| Kan River \| Kansu \| Kuangchou \| Kuenlun \| Kuenlun Mountains \| Kunlun \| Kunlun Mountains \| Kwangchow \| Loyang \| Luoyang \| Manchuria \| Mekong \| Mekong River \| Moukden \| Mukden \| Nan Ling \| Nanchang \| Nan-chang \| Nanjing \| Nanking \| Nanning \| Nan-ning \| Peiping \| Peking \| porcelain \| Shanghai \| Shenyang \| Sian \| Sichuan \| Singan \| South China Sea \| Szechuan \| Szechwan \| Taichung \| Taipei \| Taiwanese \| Tianjin \| Tien Shan \| T'ien-ching \| Tientsin \| Tyan Shan \| willow-pattern \| willowware \| Xian \| Yangtze \| Yangtze Kiang \| Yangtze River \| Yellow River \| Yunnan \| Zhu Jiangi China In Webster's Dictionary \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 Europe at that time; also, loosely, crockery in general. {Pride of China}, {China tree}. (Bot.) See {Azedarach}.

China Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of China?

[n] high quality porcelain originally made only in China
[n] dishware made of china
[n] a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
[n] a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the communists led by Mao Zedong

China In Webster's Dictionary

\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 Europe at that time; also, loosely,
   crockery in general.

{Pride of China}, {China tree}. (Bot.) See {Azedarach}.

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