varnish tree

Questions about varnish tree

What does varnish tree mean?

varnish tree 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.

What is another word for varnish tree?

Close synonyms include candlenut, Aleurites moluccana, lacquer tree, Chinese lacquer tree, Japanese lacquer tree. 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 varnish tree a common word?

varnish tree is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.