candlenut

1. 1.

   large tree native to southeastern Asia; the nuts yield oil used in varnishes; nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles

   Synonymsvarnish treeAleurites moluccana

   Broaderangiospermous tree

   Part ofAleurites
2. 2.

   seed of candlenut tree; source of soil used in varnishes

   Broaderoilseed

Other forms of candlenut

plural

candlenuts·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about candlenut

What does candlenut mean?

candlenut means "large tree native to southeastern Asia; the nuts yield oil used in varnishes; nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in candlenut?

candlenut has 3 syllables: cand-le-nut. The stress falls on "cand".

What is another word for candlenut?

Close synonyms include varnish tree, Aleurites moluccana. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is candlenut a common word?

candlenut is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.