noun
1. large tree native to southeastern Asia; the nuts yield oil used in varnishes; nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles
• Syn: ↑candlenut, ↑Aleurites moluccana
• Hypernyms: ↑angiospermous tree, ↑flowering tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Aleurites, ↑genus Aleurites
• Part Meronyms: ↑candlenut
2. small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained
• Syn:
↑lacquer tree, ↑Chinese lacquer tree, ↑Japanese lacquer tree, ↑Japanese varnish tree, ↑Japanese sumac, ↑Toxicodendron vernicifluum, ↑Rhus verniciflua
• Hypernyms: ↑poisonous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Toxicodendron, ↑genus Toxicodendron
Useful english dictionary. 2012.