\Chi"na\, n.
1. A country in Eastern Asia.
2. China ware, which is the modern popular term for
   porcelain. See {Porcelain}.
{China aster} (Bot.), a well-known garden flower and plant.
   See {Aster}.
{China bean}. See under {Bean}, 1.
{China clay} See {Kaolin}.
{China grass}, Same as {Ramie}.
{China ink}. See {India ink}.
{China pink} (Bot.), an anual or biennial species of
   {Dianthus} ({D. Chiensis}) having variously colored single
   or double flowers; Indian pink.
{China root} (Med.), the rootstock of a species of {Smilax}
   ({S. China}, from the East Indies; -- formerly much
   esteemed for the purposes that sarsaparilla is now used
   for. Also the galanga root (from {Alpinia Gallanga} and
   {Alpinia officinarum}).
{China rose}. (Bot.)
   (a) A popular name for several free-blooming varieties of
       rose derived from the {Rosa Indica}, and perhaps other
       species.
   (b) A flowering hothouse plant ({Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis})
       of the Mallow family, common in the gardens of China
       and the east Indies.
{China shop}, a shop or store for the sale of China ware or
   of crockery.
{China ware}, porcelain; -- so called in the 17th century
   because brought from the far East, and differing from the
   pottery made in Europe at that time; also, loosely,
   crockery in general.
{Pride of China}, {China tree}. (Bot.) See {Azedarach}.