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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Porcelain \Por"ce*lain\ (277), n. [F. porcelaine, It. porcellana, orig., the porcelain shell, or Venus shell (Cypr[ae]a porcellana), from a dim. fr. L. porcus pig, probably from the resemblance of the shell in shape to a pig's back. Porcelain was called after this shell, either on account of its smoothness and whiteness, or because it was believed to be made from it. See {Pork}.] A fine translucent or semitransculent kind of earthenware, made first in China and Japan, but now also in Europe and America; -- called also {China}, or {China ware}. [1913 Webster] Porcelain, by being pure, is apt to break. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] {Ivory porcelain}, porcelain with a surface like ivory, produced by depolishing. See {Depolishing}. {Porcelain clay}. See under {Clay}. {Porcelain crab} (Zool.), any crab of the genus {Porcellana} and allied genera (family {Porcellanid[ae]}). They have a smooth, polished carapace. {Porcelain jasper}. (Min.) See {Porcelanite}. {Porcelain printing}, the transferring of an impression of an engraving to porcelain. {Porcelain shell} (Zool.), a cowry. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: China \Chi"na\, n. 1. A country in Eastern Asia. [1913 Webster] 2. China ware, which is the modern popular term for porcelain. See {Porcelain}. [1913 Webster] {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} ({Dianthus Chiensis}) having variously colored single or double flowers; Indian pink. {China root} (Med.), 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}. (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. {Pride of China}, {China tree}. (Bot.) See {Azedarach}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: China n 1: a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world [syn: {China}, {People's Republic of China}, {mainland China}, {Communist China}, {Red China}, {PRC}, {Cathay}] 2: high quality porcelain originally made only in China 3: 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 [syn: {Taiwan}, {China}, {Nationalist China}, {Republic of China}] 4: dishware made of high quality porcelain [syn: {chinaware}, {china}] From Portuguese-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-por-eng]: China China From Portuguese-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-por-eng]: china Chinaman; Chinese From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]: China /çiːnaː/ china; China (cn) From Spanish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-spa-eng]: China China(Ĉinujo) From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]: China /ʃina/ China