terra alba

Noun
  1. Finely pulverized gypsum used especially as a pigment (synset 114928093)
    is a type of: gypsum - a common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters (especially plaster of Paris)
  2. Fine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leather (synset 114837730)
    is a type of: clay - a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
    same as: pipeclay
  3. 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) (synset 114694800)
    associated with: art paper - a high-quality paper (usually having a filler of china clay)
    is a type of: clay - a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
    substance meronym: kaopectate - trade name for a fixed-combination antidiarrheal drug that use kaolin as the adsorbent and pectin as the emollient
    same as: china clay, china stone, kaolin, kaoline, porcelain clay

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