noun
Chinese tree bearing seeds that yield tung oil
• Syn: ↑tung, ↑tung-oil tree, ↑Aleurites fordii
• Hypernyms: ↑angiospermous tree, ↑flowering tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Aleurites, ↑genus Aleurites
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\\ˈtəŋ-\ noun also tung (-s) : any of several plants of the genus Aleurites; especially : a Chinese tree (A. fordii) grown for its seeds which yield tung oil
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any of several trees belonging to the genus Aleurites, of the spurge family, esp. A. fordii, of China, bearing seeds that yield tung oil. Also called tung-oil tree.
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tung tree,
a tree of the spurge family, native to China and cultivated in other areas, from which tung oil is obtained.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.