CANDLENUT


Meaning of CANDLENUT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌnət ]

noun

Date: circa 1836

: the oily seed of a tropical tree ( Aleurites moluccana ) of the spurge family used locally to make candles and commercially as a source of oil ; also : this tree

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.