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English noun: varnish tree | |||
| 1. | varnish tree (plant) large tree native to southeastern Asia; the nuts yield oil used in varnishes; nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles | ||
| Synonyms | Aleurites moluccana, candlenut | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | angiospermous tree, flowering tree | ||
| Part holonym | candlenut | ||
| Member meronym | Aleurites, genus Aleurites | ||
| 2. | varnish tree (plant) small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained | ||
| Synonyms | Chinese lacquer tree, Japanese lacquer tree, Japanese sumac, Japanese varnish tree, lacquer tree, Rhus verniciflua, Toxicodendron vernicifluum | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | poisonous plant | ||
| Member meronym | genus Toxicodendron, Toxicodendron | ||
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