tung tree

noun

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

Origin of tung tree

¹

First recorded in 1890–95; see origin at tung oil

Also called tung-oil tree.

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How to use tung tree in a sentence

For example, the butternut is hardier than the eastern black walnut and the almond is hardier than the tung tree.
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There are grown in China and Japan many varieties of the “aleurites cordata,” popularly known as the tung tree.
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