lacquer-treen. the tree ( Rhus vernicifera) that yields Japan lacquer; also, a similar tree in South America.
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1863 H. W. BatesNaturalist on River Amazons I. vii. 293 Its borders were composed in great part of..Lacre-trees, whose berries exude globules of wax resembling gamboge.]
1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 Apr. 2/2 The cultivation of the lacquer tree has rapidly declined.