'Chinese wax' definitions:

Definition of 'Chinese wax'

From: GCIDE

Chinese \Chi"nese"\, a. Of or pertaining to China; peculiar to China. [1913 Webster]
Chinese paper. See India paper, under India.
Chinese wax, a snowy-white, waxlike substance brought from China. It is the bleached secretion of certain insects of the family Coccid[ae] especially Coccus Sinensis. [1913 Webster]