varnish tree   (TTS Sound)

The noun varnish tree has 2 senses

• candlenut, varnish tree, Aleurites moluccana -- (large tree native to southeastern Asia; the nuts yield oil used in varnishes; nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles)


• varnish tree, lacquer tree, Chinese lacquer tree, Japanese lacquer tree, Japanese varnish tree, Japanese sumac, Toxicodendron vernicifluum, Rhus verniciflua -- (small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained)