单词 | indian walnut |
释义 | > as lemmasIndian walnut Indian walnut n. the candlenut or candleberry tree, Aleurites moluccana (family Euphorbiaceae), widely grown in the tropics. ΘΚΠ 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 Indian walnut1831 candle-nut1835 candle-nut tree1854 candleberry tree1866 kukui1866 tung1889 tung oil tree1913 tung nut1937 1831 J. A. St. John Lives Celebrated Travellers I. 161 Lofty forests of incomparable beauty, among which the most magnificent fruit-trees, such as the Indian walnut, the fawfel, and the amba, were interspersed. 1929 H. A. A. Nicholls & J. H. Holland Text-bk. Trop. Agric. (ed. 2) ii. xix. 580 The ‘Candle Nut,’ also known as ‘Indian Walnut,’‘Country Walnut’... As a source of oil this species is worthy of more consideration. 2002 Oilseeds, Veg. Oils & Fats—Nomencl. (B.S.I.) 2/3 Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd... Candle nut. Indian walnut... Candle nut oil. Artist's oil. Lumbang oil. Kukui oil. < as lemmas |
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