Sentence examples for tung tree from inspiring English sources
noun
Any of several East Asian trees, of the genus , cultivated for their seeds which are a source of tung oil.
Tung oil, produced from seeds of the tung tree (Vernicia fordii), is a valuable industrial oil.
Oil is extracted from the nut of the tung tree, which is widely grown together with eucalyptus and bamboo.
Tea, citrus fruits, the oil-bearing tung tree, and bamboo are grown in the humid subtropical lowlands and foothills of Transcaucasia.
This article places further arbitrary limitations in that it does not encompass a number of very important perennial fruit crops covered elsewhere, including vanilla, coffee, and the oil-producing tung tree and oil palm (see coffee, fat and oil processing, wine, and articles on individual plants [e.g., vanilla; tung tree; and oil palm]).
The forests of the northern valleys, still among the most important in China, consist chiefly of conifers and other trees, such as the tung tree, lacquer tree, camellia, birch, maple, pine, and fir.
Tung oil from tung tree (Vernicia fordii) is widely used as a drying ingredient in paints, varnishes, and other coatings and finishes.
Urged to contribute ideas, the writer suggested that the state plant tung trees on the hillsides.
Bamboos are ubiquitous, and tung trees, which supply valuable oil, are widely distributed in the upper Fuchun River valley.
Subtropical crops, which form the basis of the republic's economy, include tea, citrus fruits, and avocados, tung trees (for oil), eucalyptus trees (camphor oil), and bamboo.
Yerba maté (Ilex paraguariensis; source of the brewed beverage maté), citrus, and vegetables, as well as tung trees, tea, and sugarcane, were grown on small farms.
Peanut (groundnut) cultivation is widespread, and tung trees and tea seed shrubs are grown for their oils in the western and southern highlands.
