japan tallow

1. 1.

   a yellow wax obtained from sumac berries; used in polishes

   SynonymsJapan wax

   Broaderwax

Questions about japan tallow

What does japan tallow mean?

japan tallow means "a yellow wax obtained from sumac berries; used in polishes".

What is another word for japan tallow?

Close synonyms include Japan wax. 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 japan tallow a common word?

japan tallow 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.