terra alba

terra al·ba

T0119200 (ăl′bə, ôl′bə)n.1. Finely pulverized gypsum used in making paper and paints and as a nutrient for growing yeast.2. Kaolin.

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[New Latin : Latin terra, earth + Latin alba, feminine of albus, white.]

terra alba

(ˈælbə) n1. (Minerals) a white finely powdered form of gypsum, used to make paints, paper, etc2. (Minerals) any of various other white earthy substances, such as kaolin, pipeclay, and magnesia[from Latin, literally: white earth]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	terra alba - finely pulverized gypsum used especially as a pigmentgypsum - a common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters (especially plaster of Paris)
	2.	terra alba - fine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leatherpipeclayclay - a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
	3.	terra alba - 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)china clay, china stone, kaolin, kaoline, porcelain clayKaopectate - trade name for a fixed-combination antidiarrheal drug that use kaolin as the adsorbent and pectin as the emollientart 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