See Also: nankeen(medicine)
nankeen(dictionary)

appetizing (oh) and nankeen (medicine)


appetizing (oh)



Food that is appetizing smells or looks very good, making you want to eat it
-opposite unappetizing unappetizing
::an appetizing aroma
::The Food wasn't particularly appetizing.

nankeen (medicine)


nankeen


1. A species of cloth, of a firm texture, originally brought from China, made of a species of cotton (Gossypium religiosum) that is naturally of a brownish yellow colour quite indestructible and permanent.

2. An imitation of this cloth by artificial colouring.

3. Trousers made of nankeen.

<zoology> Nankeen bird, the Australian night heron (Nycticorax Caledonicus); called also quaker.

Origin: So called from its being originally manufactured at Nankin, in China

Alternative forms: nankin.

Source: Websters Dictionary