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pela en · NOUN

Etymology

From informal romanization of Chinese 白蠟 /白蜡 (báilà).

Meanings

(uncountable) Synonym of Chinese wax.
- Thus we have the myrtle wax of America extracted from the berries of the myrica cerifera, and the pela of the Chinese. 1813, John Mason Good, Olinthus Gilbert Gregory, Pantologia:

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