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ˈtallow-ˌtree
A name given to various trees yielding substances resembling tallow; spec. a. Stillingia sebifera, a euphorbiaceous tree of China, cultivated also in India and the warmer parts of America for the fatty covering of its seeds; b. Pentadesma butyracea, a guttiferous tree of Sierra Leone, also called butter and tallow tree (butter n.1 5); c. Vateria indica (N.O. Dipterocarpaceæ) of Malabar; d. = tallow-wood (tallow n. 5 c).
1704Petiver Gazophyl. iv. xxxiv, Ricinus Chinensis Sebifera..China Tallow-tree. 1851Art Jrnl. Illustr. Catal. ii. p. vi/1 The tallow-tree of China, the seeds of which furnish a fatty matter manufactured..into candles. c1865Letheby in Circ. Sc. I. 95/1 A solid oil..is obtained from the tallow-tree of Java—probably a species of Bassia. 1887C. A. Moloney Forestry W. Afr. 279 Butter or Tallow tree of West Africa (Pentadesma butyracea, Don).—Fruits yield a yellow greasy juice when cut, which is mixed by the Negroes with their food. |