china stone
n
1. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) a type of kaolinized granitic rock containing unaltered plagioclase
2. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) any of certain limestones having a very fine grain and smooth texture
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| Noun | 1. |  china stone - a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper)Kaopectate - trade name for a fixed-combination antidiarrheal drug that use kaolin as the adsorbent and pectin as the emollient art paper - a high-quality paper (usually having a filler of china clay) clay - a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired |
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