tungn.
/tʌŋ/, U.S. /təŋ/ a. 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 Japan and are cultivated there and elsewhere for the oil from their seeds. So tung tree.
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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
1889 Cent. Dict. Tung-tree.
1914 N. Shaw Chinese Forest Trees i. ii. 70 Tallow, tea-oil trees, and tung grow wild in these hills.
1921 Outward Bound Jan. 42/1 The tung tree was the abode of the phoenix.
1959 E. Pound Thrones xcix. 52 Phoenix to t'ung tree A mirrour to flowers, as water is to the moon.
1965 J. Ch'ên Mao & Chinese Revol. (1967) i. vii. 138 The mountains are covered..with t'ung-trees.
1974 Tropical Agriculture LI. 10 This series of trials has shown that nitrogen is the most important nutrient for tung in Malawi.
b. The oil extracted from seeds of the tung tree, used chiefly in the manufacture of inks, paints, and varnishes; = wood-oil n. (c).
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > extracted or refined oil > [noun] > other plant-derived oils
oil de baya1398
oil roseta1400
alkitranc1400
laurinec1400
oil of spicac1400
seed oil1400
rape oil1420
nut-oil?c1425
masticine?1440
oil de rose?1440
oil of myrtine?a1450
gingellya1544
rose oil1552
alchitrean1562
oil of spike1577
oil of ben1594
myrtle oil1601
sesamus1601
sampsuchine1616
oil of walnuts1622
rape1641
oil of rhodium1649
rapeseed oil1652
neroli1676
oil of mace1681
spirit of scurvy-grass1682
beech-oil1716
poppy oil1737
castor oil1746
oil of sassafras1753
orange-peel oil1757
wood-oil1759
bergamot1766
sunflower oil1768
Russia oil1773
oil castor1779
tung-yu1788
poppy-seed oil1799
cocoa butter1801
sassafras oil1801
phulwara1805
oil of wine1807
grass oil1827
oil of marjoram1829
cajuput oil1832
essence of mustarda1834
picamar1835
spurge oil1836
oenanthic ether1837
tea oil1837
capnomor1838
cinnamon-oil1838
oil of mustard1838
orange-flower oil1838
resinein1841
mustard oil1844
myrrhol1845
styrol1845
oenanthol1847
shea butter1847
wintergreen1847
gaultheria oil1848
ginger-grass oil.1849
nutmeg oil1849
pine oil1849
peppermint oil1850
cocoa fat1851
orange oil1853
neem oil1856
poonga oil1857
xanthoxylene1857
crab-oil1858
illupi oil1858
Shanghai oil1861
stand oil1862
mustard-seed oil1863
carap oilc1865
cocum butter or oilc1865
Kurung oil1866
muduga oil1866
pichurim oil1866
serpolet1866
sumbul oil1868
sesame oil1870
niger oil1872
summer yellow1872
olibene1873
patchouli oil1875
pilocarpene1876
styrolene1881
tung oil1881
becuiba tallow1884
soy oil1884
tea-seed oil1884
eucalyptus1885
sage oil1888
hop-oil1889
cotton-seed oil1891
lemon oil1896
palmarosa oil1897
illipe butter1904
hydnocarpus oil1905
tung1911
niger seed oil1917
sun oil1937
vanaspati1949
fennel oil-
1911 Encycl. Brit. XX. 46/1 (table) Name of oil... Tung.
1950 Caribbean Q. I. iii. 42 A trial should be made with a settlement of 200 families, beginning with pigs and poultry and proceeding to tree crops (coffee, cocoa, citrus, tung).
1962 H. G. Champion Streets's Exotic Forest Trees Brit. Commonw. II. 173 The oil [of Aleurites montana] is known commercially as Tung.
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
tung nut n.
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
1937 R. Frost Let. 5 Jan. (1964) 287 We will probably end our days growing Tung nuts in northern Florida.
C2.
tung oil n. 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.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > extracted or refined oil > [noun] > other plant-derived oils
oil de baya1398
oil roseta1400
alkitranc1400
laurinec1400
oil of spicac1400
seed oil1400
rape oil1420
nut-oil?c1425
masticine?1440
oil de rose?1440
oil of myrtine?a1450
gingellya1544
rose oil1552
alchitrean1562
oil of spike1577
oil of ben1594
myrtle oil1601
sesamus1601
sampsuchine1616
oil of walnuts1622
rape1641
oil of rhodium1649
rapeseed oil1652
neroli1676
oil of mace1681
spirit of scurvy-grass1682
beech-oil1716
poppy oil1737
castor oil1746
oil of sassafras1753
orange-peel oil1757
wood-oil1759
bergamot1766
sunflower oil1768
Russia oil1773
oil castor1779
tung-yu1788
poppy-seed oil1799
cocoa butter1801
sassafras oil1801
phulwara1805
oil of wine1807
grass oil1827
oil of marjoram1829
cajuput oil1832
essence of mustarda1834
picamar1835
spurge oil1836
oenanthic ether1837
tea oil1837
capnomor1838
cinnamon-oil1838
oil of mustard1838
orange-flower oil1838
resinein1841
mustard oil1844
myrrhol1845
styrol1845
oenanthol1847
shea butter1847
wintergreen1847
gaultheria oil1848
ginger-grass oil.1849
nutmeg oil1849
pine oil1849
peppermint oil1850
cocoa fat1851
orange oil1853
neem oil1856
poonga oil1857
xanthoxylene1857
crab-oil1858
illupi oil1858
Shanghai oil1861
stand oil1862
mustard-seed oil1863
carap oilc1865
cocum butter or oilc1865
Kurung oil1866
muduga oil1866
pichurim oil1866
serpolet1866
sumbul oil1868
sesame oil1870
niger oil1872
summer yellow1872
olibene1873
patchouli oil1875
pilocarpene1876
styrolene1881
tung oil1881
becuiba tallow1884
soy oil1884
tea-seed oil1884
eucalyptus1885
sage oil1888
hop-oil1889
cotton-seed oil1891
lemon oil1896
palmarosa oil1897
illipe butter1904
hydnocarpus oil1905
tung1911
niger seed oil1917
sun oil1937
vanaspati1949
fennel oil-
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
1881 Spons' Encycl. Manuf. IV. 1411 Tung-, Tree-, or Wood-oil..is a product of the so-called ‘oil-tree’ of China, Cochin China, and Japan.
1913 E. H. Wilson Naturalist in W. China II. vii. 64 ‘T'ung Oil tree’..produces this valuable oil.
1937 A. F. Hill Econ. Bot. ix. 213 The United States uses so much tung oil that trees of the latter species have been introduced.
1951 R. Mayer Artist's Handbk. (new ed.) iii. 112 Tung Oil..is highly valued as an ingredient of industrial paints and varnishes.
1972 Guardian 16 Feb. 15/3 American businessmen..are confronted with increasing difficulties in obtaining soya beans, bristles, tung-oil and egg products from China.
1973 Times 21 Mar. (China Trade Suppl.) p. xiv/5 Huge tracts of hillside had only recently been terraced for planting with..tung oil trees.
tung-yu n. [Chinese yóu oil] tung oil.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > extracted or refined oil > [noun] > other plant-derived oils
oil de baya1398
oil roseta1400
alkitranc1400
laurinec1400
oil of spicac1400
seed oil1400
rape oil1420
nut-oil?c1425
masticine?1440
oil de rose?1440
oil of myrtine?a1450
gingellya1544
rose oil1552
alchitrean1562
oil of spike1577
oil of ben1594
myrtle oil1601
sesamus1601
sampsuchine1616
oil of walnuts1622
rape1641
oil of rhodium1649
rapeseed oil1652
neroli1676
oil of mace1681
spirit of scurvy-grass1682
beech-oil1716
poppy oil1737
castor oil1746
oil of sassafras1753
orange-peel oil1757
wood-oil1759
bergamot1766
sunflower oil1768
Russia oil1773
oil castor1779
tung-yu1788
poppy-seed oil1799
cocoa butter1801
sassafras oil1801
phulwara1805
oil of wine1807
grass oil1827
oil of marjoram1829
cajuput oil1832
essence of mustarda1834
picamar1835
spurge oil1836
oenanthic ether1837
tea oil1837
capnomor1838
cinnamon-oil1838
oil of mustard1838
orange-flower oil1838
resinein1841
mustard oil1844
myrrhol1845
styrol1845
oenanthol1847
shea butter1847
wintergreen1847
gaultheria oil1848
ginger-grass oil.1849
nutmeg oil1849
pine oil1849
peppermint oil1850
cocoa fat1851
orange oil1853
neem oil1856
poonga oil1857
xanthoxylene1857
crab-oil1858
illupi oil1858
Shanghai oil1861
stand oil1862
mustard-seed oil1863
carap oilc1865
cocum butter or oilc1865
Kurung oil1866
muduga oil1866
pichurim oil1866
serpolet1866
sumbul oil1868
sesame oil1870
niger oil1872
summer yellow1872
olibene1873
patchouli oil1875
pilocarpene1876
styrolene1881
tung oil1881
becuiba tallow1884
soy oil1884
tea-seed oil1884
eucalyptus1885
sage oil1888
hop-oil1889
cotton-seed oil1891
lemon oil1896
palmarosa oil1897
illipe butter1904
hydnocarpus oil1905
tung1911
niger seed oil1917
sun oil1937
vanaspati1949
fennel oil-
1788 tr. Groiser's Gen. Descr. China I. iv. vi. 449 The work is..daubed over with a kind of oil, which the Chinese call tong-yeou.
1913 E. H. Wilson Naturalist in W. China II. vii. 66 ‘T'ung-yu’ is the chief paint oil throughout the Chinese Empire.
1973 T. R. Tregear Chinese iv. 89 The Yangtze valley is noted for its production of..tung yu (wood oil), which forms the basis of paints and varnish.
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