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Candlenut

noun
1.
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, varnish tree.
2.
Seed of candlenut tree; source of soil used in varnishes.





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"Candlenut" Quotes from Famous Books



... in which, amid a profusion of bright green herbage, there rose conspicuous the tall stems and waving plumes of the cocoanut palm; the superb and umbrageous ko-a, with its laurel-green leaves and sweet blossoms; the kukui, or candlenut tree; the fragrant sandal-wood, and a variety of other trees and shrubs for which there are ...
— Gascoyne, The Sandal Wood Trader - A Tale of the Pacific • R. M. Ballantyne


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