tung tree

noun

1. any of several trees belonging to the genus Aleurites, of the spurge family, especially A. fordii, of China, bearing seeds that yield tung oil.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tung tree¹

First recorded in 1890–95; tung oil

Example Sentences

There are grown in China and Japan many varieties of the “aleurites cordata,” popularly known as the tung tree.

From Project Gutenberg