varnish tree

Noun varnish tree has 2 senses

• varnish tree(n = noun.plant) aleurites moluccana, candlenut - large tree native to southeastern Asia; the nuts yield oil used in varnishes; nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles; Array
has parts: candlenut
is a member of aleurites, genus aleurites
is a kind of angiospermous tree, flowering tree

• varnish tree(n = noun.plant) chinese lacquer tree, japanese lacquer tree, japanese sumac, japanese varnish tree, lacquer tree, rhus verniciflua, toxicodendron vernicifluum - small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained; Array
is a member of genus toxicodendron, toxicodendron
is a kind of poisonous plant