petuntse noun.
[peɪ'tʊntsǝ, pɪ'tʌntsǝ] E18.[Chinese báidūnzi (Wade-Giles pe- (Pekingese), pai-tun tzū), from bái white + dūnzi block of stone.]A white earth prepared (orig. in China) by pulverizing a kaolinized granite, used with kaolin in the manufacture of porcelain to obtain transparency.
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