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porcelaneous
por·ce·lain P0449400 (pôr′sə-lĭn, pôrs′lĭn)n.1. A hard, white, translucent ceramic made by firing a pure clay and then glazing it with variously colored fusible materials; china.2. An object made of this substance. [French porcelaine, cowry shell, porcelain, from Old French, from Old Italian porcellana, from feminine of porcellano, of a young sow (from the shell's resemblance to a pig's back), from porcella, young sow, diminutive of porca, sow, from Latin, feminine of porcus, pig; see porko- in Indo-European roots.] por′ce·la′ne·ous (-lā′nē-əs) adj. IdiomsSeeporcelainporcelaneous
porcelaneous[¦pȯr·sə¦lā·nē·əs] (geology) Resembling unglazed porcelain. porcelaneous
porcelaneous, porcelanous (por″sĕ-lā′nē-ŭs) (por-sel′ă-nŭs) [Fr. porcelaine] Translucent or white like porcelain. |