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Tallow tree
(Bot.) | a tree (Stillingia sebifera) growing in China, the seeds of which are covered with a substance which resembles tallow and is applied to the same purposes. |
See also: Tallow tallow tree
tallow tree: see spurgespurge , common name for members of the Euphorbiaceae, a family of herbs, shrubs, and trees of greatly varied structure and almost cosmopolitan distribution, although most species are tropical. In the United States the family is most common in the Southeast. ..... Click the link for more information. .ThesaurusSeespurge |