Chinese tallow tree

American  

noun

1. tallow tree.

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Example Sentences

A Chinese tallow tree, for instance, will grow from seed to two-foot-high sapling in a summer and six feet within a year.

From New York Times

Later, he sends Bartram a small box of upland rice, brought from Cochin China, and also a few seeds of the Chinese tallow tree.

From Project Gutenberg

Warmer Gulf waters are conducive to the spread of the voracious lionfish, a tropical Pacific fish with poisonous spokes that displaces native species, and the equally aggressive Chinese tallow tree, which has infested Gulf marshes.

From BusinessWeek

At Islamabad, where Pakistan is building a new capital, Liu planted a Chinese tallow tree, declaring, "We hope that it grows and flourishes like the friendship between Pakistan and China."

From Time Magazine Archive