Thesaurus: chian
Of or pertaining to Chios, an island in the Aegean Sea.
Related headwords
ChiosdefinitionturpentinedefinitionearthdefinitionislanddefinitionpertainingdefinitionseadefinitionalmostdefinitionancientlydefinitionastringentdefinitioncompactdefinitioncosmeticdefinitiondensedefinitionfragrantdefinitiongeandefinitionkinddefinitionobtaineddefinitionpistaciadefinitionrelatingdefinitiontransparentdefinitionaegeandefinitionChian turpentinefamilyChiantifamilychiantisfamilychewsneighborchewyneighborcheyahneighborCheyenneneighborCheyenne languageneighbor
Definitions
- a. Of or pertaining to Chios, an island in the Aegean Sea.
- adj. of or relating to Chios
- Of or pertaining to Chios, an island in the Ægean Sea. Chian earth, a dense, compact kind of earth, from Chios, used anciently as an astringent and a cosmetic. -- Chian turpentine, a fragrant, almost transparent turpentine, obtained from the Pistacia Terebinthus.
- Of or pertaining to Chios, an island in the Ægean Sea. Chianearth, a dense, compact kind of earth, from Chios, used anciently asan astringent and a cosmetic.-- Chian turpentine, a fragrant, almost transparent turpentine,obtained from the Pistacia Terebinthus.
- a. of or relating to Chios