genus aleurites

English Thesaurus

1. candlenut (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	rosid dicot genus,
definition	:	a genus of dicotyledonous plants (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	aleurites moluccana, candlenut, varnish tree,
definition	:	large tree native to southeastern Asia; the nuts yield oil used in varnishes; nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	aleurites fordii, tung, tung tree, tung-oil tree,
definition	:	Chinese tree bearing seeds that yield tung oil (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	euphorbiaceae, family euphorbiaceae, spurge family,
definition	:	a family of plants of order Geraniales (noun.plant)