tamanun.
/ˈtamənuː/ In Tahiti: the tree Calophyllum Inophyllum (see poon n.1, tacamahac n.); also attributive, as tamanu-resin, tamanu-tree.
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1839 T. Beale Nat. Hist. Sperm Whale 349 I..engraved my name in the bark of a large tamanu tree.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Tamanu, a green heavy resin from the Society Islands, obtained from Calophyllum Inophyllum.
1897 Daily News 22 Mar. 8/2 The mountain forest of ‘tamanu’.
1902 R. Lovett James Chalmers v. 142 A fine tamano tree grew close by.
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