| 1. terra alba | |
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Finely pulverized gypsum used especially as a pigment
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| 2. terra alba [ Synonyms: pipeclay] | |
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Fine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leather
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| 3. terra alba [ Synonyms: china clay, china stone, kaolin, kaoline, porcelain clay] | |
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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)
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