VARNISH TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does varnish tree mean? 

• VARNISH TREE (noun)
  The noun VARNISH TREE has 2 senses:

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

2. small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained

  Familiarity information: VARNISH TREE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VARNISH TREE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Aleurites moluccana; candlenut; varnish tree

Hypernyms ("varnish tree" is a kind of...):

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

Meronyms (parts of "varnish tree"):

candlenut (seed of candlenut tree; source of soil used in varnishes)

Holonyms ("varnish tree" is a member of...):

Aleurites; genus Aleurites (candlenut)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Chinese lacquer tree; Japanese lacquer tree; Japanese sumac; Japanese varnish tree; lacquer tree; Rhus verniciflua; Toxicodendron vernicifluum; varnish tree

Hypernyms ("varnish tree" is a kind of...):

poisonous plant (a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism)

Holonyms ("varnish tree" is a member of...):

genus Toxicodendron; Toxicodendron (in some classifications: comprising those members of the genus Rhus having foliage that is poisonous to the touch; of North America and northern South America)