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VARNISH TREE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does varnish tree mean?
• VARNISH TREE (noun)
The noun VARNISH TREE has 2 senses:
1. large tree native to southeastern Asia; the nuts yield oil used in varnishes; nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles
2. small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained
Familiarity information: VARNISH TREE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large tree native to southeastern Asia; the nuts yield oil used in varnishes; nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Aleurites moluccana; candlenut; varnish tree
Hypernyms ("varnish tree" is a kind of...):
angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)
Meronyms (parts of "varnish tree"):
candlenut (seed of candlenut tree; source of soil used in varnishes)
Holonyms ("varnish tree" is a member of...):
Aleurites; genus Aleurites (candlenut)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Chinese lacquer tree; Japanese lacquer tree; Japanese sumac; Japanese varnish tree; lacquer tree; Rhus verniciflua; Toxicodendron vernicifluum; varnish tree
Hypernyms ("varnish tree" is a kind of...):
poisonous plant (a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism)
Holonyms ("varnish tree" is a member of...):
genus Toxicodendron; Toxicodendron (in some classifications: comprising those members of the genus Rhus having foliage that is poisonous to the touch; of North America and northern South America)
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