tung tree

American  

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.

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Etymology

Origin of tung tree

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