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tung
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun tung has 1 sense
- 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
OXFORD DICTIONARY
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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