tallow tree

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noun

a small tree, Sapium sebiferum, of the spurge family, cultivated in China and the tropics, having popcorn-shaped seeds with a waxy coating that is used for soap, candles, and oil.

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Origin of tallow tree

First recorded in 1695–1705

Words nearby tallow tree

tall meadow rue, tall oil, tall one, tall order, tallow, tallow tree, tallow wood, tallowy, tall poppy, tall poppy syndrome, tall ship

How to use tallow tree in a sentence

The Chinese make their candles from the tallow obtained from the seeds and capsules of the tallow-tree.
Popular Technology, Vol. I (of 2)|Edward Hazen
Such is the case with the natural order Euphorbiaceæ, or spurge family, to which the tallow-tree of China belongs.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 436|Various
The seeds of the "tallow tree" yield an oil (stillingia oil) having drying properties.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture|W. H. Simmons
Among the exotics we observed the Australian gum-tree and the Chinese tallow-tree, large and thrifty in both instances.
Due West|Maturin Murray Ballou

Of equal value and more curious is the tallow-tree, which lights the whole of the empire.
The War Tiger|Wiliam Dalton