tung

Noun

WORDNET DICTIONARY

tung(n = noun.plant) aleurites fordii, tung tree, tung-oil tree - Chinese tree bearing seeds that yield tung oil; Array

is a member of aleurites, genus aleurites

is a kind of angiospermous tree, flowering tree

tung, n. (in full tung-tree) a tree, Aleurites fordii, native to China, bearing poisonous fruits containing seeds that yield oil.

Idiom

tung oil this oil used in paints and varnishes.

Etymology

Chin. tong

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