Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tung tree

/ˈtʊŋ ˌtɹiː/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.12 in modern English

Syllables: tung tree
IPA: /ˈtʊŋ ˌtɹiː/

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the genus Vernicia, especially Vernicia fordii (syn. Aleurites fordii), of east Asian trees or shrubs cultivated for their seeds which are a source of tung oil.

noun

A candlenut tree, of either of the two species of the genus Aleurites, which also yield such oil.

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 桐 (tóng).

Origin

Source language: Chinese

Word Breakdown

Root: 桐

Inflected Forms

tung trees (plural)

Synonyms

tung tung-oil tree aleurites fordii

Questions

How do you pronounce tung tree?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtʊŋ ˌtɹiː/.
What does tung tree mean?: Any of the genus Vernicia, especially Vernicia fordii (syn. Aleurites fordii), of east Asian trees or shrubs cultivated for their seeds which are a source of tung oil.
Where does tung tree come from?: It is traced to Chinese.

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