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petuntse

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pe⋅tun⋅tse

  [pi-toon-tse; Chin. baw-duhn-dzuh]
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–noun
a type of feldspar, used in certain porcelains.
Also, pe⋅tun⋅tze.

Origin:
1720–30; < Chin (Wade-Giles) pai2tun1tzŭ0, (pinyin) bái dùnzi white mound
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pe·tun·tze or pe·tun·tse   (pə-tŏŏn'tsě)   
n.  A variety of feldspar sometimes mixed with kaolin and used in Chinese porcelain.

[Chinese (Mandarin) bái dūnzi : bái, white + dūnzi, block of stone (dūn, mound, block + -zi, n. suff. from zǐ, son, child).]
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