Nankeen

Derived uses

• Trousers made of nankeen.
• Pale yellow or buff; the color of nankeen.
• Bobbin lace made from unbleached silk.
• Kind of usually blue and white porcelain of Chinese style, originally exported to Europe from Nanking 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.
• *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