Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun varnish_tree

2 senses of varnish tree

Sense 1
candlenut, varnish tree, Aleurites moluccana -- (large tree native to southeastern Asia; the nuts yield oil used in varnishes; nut kernels strung together are used locally as candles)
       => angiospermous tree, flowering tree -- (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

Sense 2
varnish tree, lacquer tree, Chinese lacquer tree, Japanese lacquer tree, Japanese varnish tree, Japanese sumac, Toxicodendron vernicifluum, Rhus verniciflua -- (small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained)
       => poisonous plant -- (a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism)