candlenut
noun
can·dle·nut
ˈkan-dᵊl-ˌnət 
: 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
Examples of candlenut in a Sentence
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The broth warms your whole body with a blend of spices including cloves, galangal, candlenut and cinnamon.
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The Indianapolis Star, 25 Jan. 2024
The sick patient had eaten candlenuts, but the symptoms were unexpected.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2023
Even if a product is pure candlenut, the experts said, consuming it in excess can upset the stomach.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2023
Doctors in Texas published a case report of another young patient who was hospitalized and later experienced serious cardiovascular symptoms after eating candlenuts for weight loss.
—Madison Muller, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2023
Lee is obsessive about his mum’s curry, painstakingly chopping, pounding and grinding lemongrass, shallots, galangal, garlic and candlenuts.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
The grains are slick with Indonesian sweet soy sauce, and mostly flavored with garlic and the earthy, nutty taste of candlenut, which Wnahyu uses as the base for many of her dishes.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
Mixing sweet and salty flavors, the dish is made from long grain rice flavored with a spice blend called bumbu (with shrimp paste, ginger, candlenut and other ingredients) and the sweet Indonesian soy sauce called kecap manis.
—Terry Ward, CNN, 4 May 2023
On New Caledonia, beetle grubs burrow into the logs of decaying candlenut trees, but these trees were only introduced to the island by prehistoric humans.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 16 Sep. 2010
The Indianapolis Star, 25 Jan. 2024
The sick patient had eaten candlenuts, but the symptoms were unexpected.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2023
Even if a product is pure candlenut, the experts said, consuming it in excess can upset the stomach.
—Aria Bendix, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2023
Doctors in Texas published a case report of another young patient who was hospitalized and later experienced serious cardiovascular symptoms after eating candlenuts for weight loss.
—Madison Muller, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2023
Lee is obsessive about his mum’s curry, painstakingly chopping, pounding and grinding lemongrass, shallots, galangal, garlic and candlenuts.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
The grains are slick with Indonesian sweet soy sauce, and mostly flavored with garlic and the earthy, nutty taste of candlenut, which Wnahyu uses as the base for many of her dishes.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
Mixing sweet and salty flavors, the dish is made from long grain rice flavored with a spice blend called bumbu (with shrimp paste, ginger, candlenut and other ingredients) and the sweet Indonesian soy sauce called kecap manis.
—Terry Ward, CNN, 4 May 2023
On New Caledonia, beetle grubs burrow into the logs of decaying candlenut trees, but these trees were only introduced to the island by prehistoric humans.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 16 Sep. 2010
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First Known Use
circa 1836, in the meaning defined above
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