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China (iou)



China noun1. L16.
[A country in Asia: origin of the name unkn. (not native Chinese).]
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Used attrib. to designate things found in, obtained from, or associated with China. L16.
China aster: see ASTER noun 2b. China berry N. Amer. (the fruit of) a China tree. China crepe: see CRePE noun & adjective. China grass ramie, Boehmeria nivea. China ink Indian ink. China orange the common orange, orig. from China. China-root (the fleshy root of) a Far Eastern shrub, Smilax china; also, any of certain other plants or their roots. China rose (a) the monthly rose, Rosa chinensis, native to China; (b) an ornamental shrubby hibiscus, H. rosa-sinensis. China silk a light plain-woven silk fabric. China syndrome the imagined movement of a nuclear reactor deep into the earth after a melt-down. China tea a smoke-cured tea from a small-leaved tea plant grown in China. Chinatown a section of a town, esp. a seaport, where Chinese live as a colony. China tree N. Amer. the azedarac; also, a wild soapberry, Sapindus marginatus, of the southern US. Chinawoman (now arch. or derog.) a female Chinese.
II.
ellipt.
a. = China-root above. L16.
b. = China rose (a) above M19.
c. = China tea above. E20.
A Chinese person. E-M17.
III. See next.