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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A yellow or brownish oil extracted from the seeds of a tung tree and used as a drying agent in varnishes and paints and for waterproofing.
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- noun An oil extracted from the seeds of the
tung tree and used invarnishes andpaints etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a yellow oil obtained from the seeds of the tung tree
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