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‖ pela, pé-la|ˈpeɪlɑː| [Chinese pai, pe-, peh- white + la wax.] The white wax obtained in China from the wax insect (Coccus pela or sinensis); Chinese or China wax.
1794Pearson in Phil. Trans. LXXXIV. 383 The Chinese collect a kind of wax, much esteemed by them, under the name of Pé-la, from a coccus deposited..on certain shrubs. |