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Definition: Gossypium religiosum
Nankeen
\Nan*keen"\, n. [So called from its being originally
manufactured at Nankin (Nanjing), in China.] [Written also
nankin.]
1. A species of cloth, of a firm texture, originally brought
from China, made of a species of cotton (
Gossypium religiosum
) that is naturally of a brownish yellow color
quite indestructible and permanent.
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2. An imitation of this cloth by artificial coloring.
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3. pl. Trousers made of nankeen. --Ld. Lytton.
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Nankeen bird (Zo["o]l.), the Australian night heron
(
Nycticorax Caledonicus); -- called also
quaker.
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