tung tree

noun

any of several trees belonging to the genus Aleurites, of the spurge family, especially A. fordii, of China, bearing seeds that yield tung oil.

First recorded in 1890–95; tung oil

For example, the butternut is hardier than the eastern black walnut and the almond is hardier than the tung tree.

There are grown in China and Japan many varieties of the “aleurites cordata,” popularly known as the tung tree.

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