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tallow treenounA tree with fatty seeds from which vegetable tallow or other oils are extracted.- Several species and families, in particular the Chinese (or vegetable) tallow tree (Sapium sebiferum, family Euphorbiaceae), native to eastern Asia.
The Chinese tallow tree (Sapium sebiferum (L.) Roxb.) is a nonnative, aggressive plant that has colonized coastal prairie and other habitats along the Gulf Coast as well as several forest types along the southeastern coastal plain....- They identified live oak, sugarberry, and American elm as the most important native species, but with the invasive Chinese tallow tree also important.
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