- chinese varnish tree
- noun
Usage: usually capitalized C: candlenut 2
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
chinese varnish tree
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Chinese parasol tree — noun deciduous tree widely grown in southern United States as an ornamental for its handsome maplelike foliage and long racemes of yellow green flowers followed by curious leaflike pods • Syn: ↑Chinese parasol, ↑Japanese varnish tree, ↑phoenix… … Useful english dictionary
Chinese lacquer tree — noun small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained • Syn: ↑varnish tree, ↑lacquer tree, ↑Japanese lacquer tree, ↑Japanese varnish tree, ↑Japanese sumac, ↑Toxicodendron vernicifluum, ↑Rhus verniciflua … Useful english dictionary
varnish tree — noun 1. large tree native to southeastern Asia; the nuts yield oil used in varnishes; nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles • Syn: ↑candlenut, ↑Aleurites moluccana • Hypernyms: ↑angiospermous tree, ↑flowering tree • Member… … Useful english dictionary
Japanese varnish tree — noun 1. small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained • Syn: ↑varnish tree, ↑lacquer tree, ↑Chinese lacquer tree, ↑Japanese lacquer tree, ↑Japanese sumac, ↑Toxicodendron vernicifluum, ↑Rhus verniciflua … Useful english dictionary
Chinese parasol — noun deciduous tree widely grown in southern United States as an ornamental for its handsome maplelike foliage and long racemes of yellow green flowers followed by curious leaflike pods • Syn: ↑Chinese parasol tree, ↑Japanese varnish tree,… … Useful english dictionary
tree of heaven — noun an Asiatic tree (Ailanthus altissima) having foliage similar to that of the sumacs and ill scented staminate flowers, much used in traditional Chinese medicine, but considered invasive and often subject to control efforts. Syn: Ailanthus,… … Wiktionary
Japanese lacquer tree — noun small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained • Syn: ↑varnish tree, ↑lacquer tree, ↑Chinese lacquer tree, ↑Japanese varnish tree, ↑Japanese sumac, ↑Toxicodendron vernicifluum, ↑Rhus verniciflua … Useful english dictionary
phoenix tree — noun deciduous tree widely grown in southern United States as an ornamental for its handsome maplelike foliage and long racemes of yellow green flowers followed by curious leaflike pods • Syn: ↑Chinese parasol tree, ↑Chinese parasol, ↑Japanese… … Useful english dictionary
lacquer tree — noun small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained • Syn: ↑varnish tree, ↑Chinese lacquer tree, ↑Japanese lacquer tree, ↑Japanese varnish tree, ↑Japanese sumac, ↑Toxicodendron vernicifluum, ↑Rhus verniciflua … Useful english dictionary
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