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tung oil
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  1. tung oil
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  3. Japanese tung oil

tung oil

noun

Definition of TUNG OIL

: a pale yellow pungent drying oil obtained from the seeds of tung trees and used chiefly in quick-drying varnishes and paints and as a waterproofing agent
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Origin of TUNG OIL

part translation of Chinese (Beijing) tóngyóu
First Known Use: 1881

Rhymes with TUNG OIL

coal oil, corn oil, fish oil, fixed oil, free-soil, fuel oil, gas oil, night soil, palm oil, red soil, rose oil, shale oil, snake oil, sperm oil, subsoil, white oil

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