TUNG TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tung tree mean? 

• TUNG TREE (noun)
  The noun TUNG TREE has 1 sense:

1. Chinese tree bearing seeds that yield tung oil

  Familiarity information: TUNG TREE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TUNG TREE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chinese tree bearing seeds that yield tung oil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Aleurites fordii; tung; tung-oil tree; tung tree

Hypernyms ("tung tree" is a kind of...):

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

Holonyms ("tung tree" is a member of...):

Aleurites; genus Aleurites (candlenut)