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lacquer tree

American

noun

any of several trees yielding a resin used as lacquer, as Rhus verniciflua, of Japan.

Etymology

Origin of lacquer tree

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

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The cultivation of the lacquer tree and the mulberry and the raising of silk-worms were still further encouraged and extended.

From Japan by Murray, David

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