pela

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
8
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4

Definition of pela

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (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.”
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noun

  1. (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.”

name

  1. A Burmish language spoken in western Yunnan, China.

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Etymology

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

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