noun
candlenut
• Syn: ↑genus Aleurites
• Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Euphorbiaceae, ↑family Euphorbiaceae, ↑spurge family
• Member Meronyms:
↑candlenut, ↑varnish tree, ↑Aleurites moluccana, ↑tung tree, ↑tung, ↑tung-oil tree, ↑Aleurites fordii
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\\ˌalyəˈrīd.(ˌ)ēz\ nounUsage: capitalized
: a genus of Asiatic trees (family Euphorbiaceae) having a milky juice, small white flowers, and rich oily seeds in drupes — see candlenut
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Aleurites /al-ū-rīˈtēz/
noun
A genus of plants of the spurge family, yielding tung oil and candlenut oil
ORIGIN: Gr aleuron flour
Useful english dictionary. 2012.