noun
- Large tree native to southeastern Asia; the nuts yield oil used in varnishes; nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles.
- synonyms: candlenut, Aleurites moluccana
- Small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained.
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