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TUNG OIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tung oil mean?
• TUNG OIL (noun)
The noun TUNG OIL has 1 sense:
1. a yellow oil obtained from the seeds of the tung tree
Familiarity information: TUNG OIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A yellow oil obtained from the seeds of the tung tree
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
Chinese wood oil; tung oil
Hypernyms ("tung oil" is a kind of...):
oil (a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water)
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