tung oil
/tʌŋ/noun
mass noun
1- an oil used as a drying agent in inks, paints, and varnishes桐油。
1.1
- This oil is obtained from the seeds of trees of the genus Aleurites, family Euphorbiaceae.此油从石栗属, 大戟科树的种子中提取。
词源
late 19th cent.: tung, from Chinese.