tung tree

tung tree

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 桐 (tóng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʊŋ ˌtɹiː/, /ˈtʌŋ ˌtɹiː/

Noun

tung tree (plural tung trees)

1. Any of the genus Vernicia, especially Vernicia fordii (syn. Aleurites fordii), of east Asian trees or shrubs cultivated for their seeds which are a source of tung oil.
2. (botany) A candlenut tree, of either of the two species of the genus Aleurites, which also yield such oil.

Translations

East Asian tree

Chinese: Mandarin: 油桐 (zh) (yóutóng) Danish: please add this translation if you can Finnish: tungpuu (fi) French: tung (fr) m Japanese: シナアブラギリ (Shina aburagiri) Portuguese: tungue (pt) m Russian: тунг (ru) m (tung), ту́нговое де́рево n (túngovoje dérevo)

References

• tung tree on Wikipedia.Wikipedia