tung

1 9.9

A Chinese tree whose seeds make oil used to protect and shine wood

noun
/tʌŋ/

: tung

And I think that the tung oil will give me what I'm looking for at a lower impact, let's say.

Examples

Examples are the Polish settlers in Misiones who started growing tung and tea, crops never before cultivated in Argentina or Poland.

Academic text (2000)
Nearly three-quarters of the land still producing yerba mate and about half of the land in tea and tung have suffered moderate to severe erosion (Casas et al. 1988, 133).

Academic text (2000)
I need a new brush for this tung oil.

Beetlejuice (1988)
Manchurian tung oil.

Beetlejuice (1988)
The craftsman used tung oil to achieve a smooth finish on the wooden table.
After applying the tung oil, the wood beautifully highlighted its natural grain.
Many professionals prefer tung oil for its durability in wood coating applications.

Synonyms

tung tree

vstung

9.1

A tree from China with seeds that make oil used to finish wood and make paint

has identical meaning but uses a different official botanical name

tung-oil tree

vstung

9.7

A Chinese tree that loses its leaves and has seeds used to make tung oil

means the same but appears without a hyphen or variant spelling

Aleurites fordii

vstung

Specialized

9.9

A Chinese tree that produces seeds used to make tung oil for varnish and paint

shares exact botanical meaning but uses the common nontechnical name

Compounds

tung-oil tree

9.7

A Chinese tree that loses its leaves and has seeds used to make tung oil

tung oil

Specialized

7.7

A yellow oil from tung tree seeds that dries quickly and protects wood

tung tree

9.1

A tree from China with seeds that make oil used to finish wood and make paint

Surface Forms

tung singular

tungs plural

Etymology

The word tung comes from a Chinese name for a tree whose seeds give a special oil used to finish wood and paint. English borrowed the name with the oil, so tung now refers to that tree and the 'tung oil' used on furniture.