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
--1 is a kind of angiospermous tree, flowering tree
--1 is a member of Aleurites, genus Aleurites
--1 has parts: candlenut
- 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
--2 is a kind of poisonous plant
--2 is a member of Toxicodendron, genus Toxicodendron
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