Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several widely cultivated eastern Asian trees of the genus Vernicia (syn. Aleurites), especially V. fordii and V. montana, whose seeds yield a commercially valuable drying oil.
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- noun Any of several East
Asian trees, of the genus Aleurites, cultivated for their seeds which are a source oftung oil .
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- noun Chinese tree bearing seeds that yield tung oil
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Mandarin tóng, from Middle Chinese tɦəŋ.]
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