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tung-oil tree

[tuhng-oil] .
–noun
tung tree.

tung tree

–noun
any of several trees belonging to the genus Aleurites, of the spurge family, esp. A. fordii, of China, bearing seeds that yield tung oil.
Also called tung-oil tree.


Origin:
1890–95; see tung oil
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