the candlenut or candleberry tree, Aleurites moluccana (family Euphorbiaceae), widely grown in the tropics.
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plant, nut, or bean yielding oil > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding oil > Asian > tung or candlenut tree or bean (8) Indian walnut1831 the candlenut or candleberry tree, Aleurites moluccana (family Euphorbiaceae), widely grown in the tropics. candle-nut1835 the commercial name for the fruit of the candleberry tree, or. candle-nut tree1854 candleberry tree1866 A name applied to the fruit of two plants and to the plants themselves. properly candleberry tree n. a species of spurgewort, Aleurites triloba, a… kukui1866 An evergreen tree, Aleurites moluccana, of the family Euphorbiaceæ, native to the Moluccas and south Pacific islands; its large seeds yield an oil… tung1889 Any of three trees of the genus Aleurites or Vernicia (family Euphorbiaceæ), A. fordii, A. cordata, and A. montana, which are native to China and… tung oil tree1913 a drying oil obtained from the seeds of tung trees and used in varnishes, paints, and inks; so tung oil tree; cf. wood-oil, n. tung nut1937 |
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