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‖ tamanu|ˈtæmənuː| Also -no. Tahitian name of the tree Calophyllum Inophyllum (see poon n.1, tacamahac); also attrib., as tamanu-resin, tamanu-tree.
1839T. Beale Nat. Hist. Sperm Whale 349, I..engraved my name in the bark of a large tamanu tree. 1866Treas. Bot., Tamanu, a green heavy resin from the Society Islands, obtained from Calophyllum Inophyllum. 1897Daily News 22 Mar. 8/2 The mountain forest of ‘tamanu’. 1902R. Lovett Chalmers v. 142 A fine tamano tree grew close by. |