Definition of terra alba Terra alba
ter•ra al•ba
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| terra alba - finely pulverized gypsum used especially as a pigment | ||
| terra alba - a fine usually white clay formed by the weathering of aluminous minerals (as feldspar); used in ceramics and as an absorbent and as a filler (e.g., in paper) | ||
| china clay, china stone, kaolin, kaoline, porcelain clay | ||
| clay United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852) | ||
| kaopectate trade name for a fixed-combination antidiarrheal drug that use kaolin as the adsorbent and pectin as the emollient | ||
| terra alba - fine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leather | ||
| pipeclay | ||
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