aburagiri
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 油桐 (アブラギリ, aburagiri), from 油 (あぶら, abura, “oil”) + 桐 (キリ, kiri, “paulownia”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌɑ.bə.ɹəˈɡɪ.ɹi/
Noun
aburagiri (plural aburagiris)
- A large Asian tree, Aleurites moluccana, that produces candlenuts.
References
- Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 8