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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of several widely cultivated eastern Asian trees of the genus Vernicia (syn. Aleurites), especially V. fordii and V. montana, whose seeds yield a commercially valuable drying oil.

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  • noun Any of several East Asian trees, of the genus Aleurites, cultivated for their seeds which are a source of tung oil.

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  • noun Chinese tree bearing seeds that yield tung oil

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Mandarin tóng, from Middle Chinese tɦəŋ.]

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