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tung-oil tree

tung-oil tree is the alternative form of tung tree.

Meaning of tung tree

Noun

tung tree (plural tung trees)

  1. Any of the genus Vernicia, especially Vernicia fordii (syn. Aleurites fordii), of east Asian trees or shrubs cultivated for their seeds which are a source of tung oil.
  2. A candlenut tree, of either of the two species of the genus Aleurites, which also yield such oil.

Forms of tung-oil tree

pluraltung-oil trees

Questions about tung-oil tree

What is tung-oil tree the alternative form of?
Tung-oil tree is the alternative form of tung tree.

Words near tung-oil tree in the dictionary

  1. tung oil
  2. tung oil tree
  3. tung tree
  4. tung trees
  5. Tung-kuan
  6. tung-oil tree
  7. Tunga
  8. Tungabhadra
  9. Tungag
  10. Tungamah
  11. Tungan

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