chinese wax

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chinese wax - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Chinese \Chi"nese"\, a.
     Of or pertaining to China; peculiar to China.
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     Chinese paper. See India paper, under India.
  
     Chinese wax, a snowy-white, waxlike substance brought from
        China. It is the bleached secretion of certain insects of
        the family Coccid[ae] especially Coccus Sinensis.
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