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Nankeen is a kind of pale yellowish cloth originally made in Nanjing, China from a yellow variety of cotton, but subsequently manufactured from ordinary cotton that is then dyed.

Derived uses
Nankeen also refers to: • Trousers made of nankeen (singular or plural). • Pale yellow or buff; the color of nankeen. • Bobbin lace made from unbleached silk (usually in plural form nankins). • Kind of usually blue and white porcelain of Chinese style, originally exported to Europe from Nanjing and later copied by European potters. • Of the colour of nankeen; pale yellow or buff; also from their colour, part of the name of many animals and plants (chiefly Australian). • Nankeen gum, the bimble box, Eucalyptus populnea, a tree of eastern Australia having a fibrous bark and glossy green leaves. • Nankeen kestrel, also called nankeen hawk, the Australian kestrel, Falco cenchroides, a small falcon found in Australia and neighboring islands. • Nankeen night heron, also called nankeen bird, nankeen crane, nankeen heron, rufous night heron or its scientific name Nycticorax caledonicus, a stocky nocturnal heron found in Australasia and Indonesia ==See also==
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