tóng yóu

桐油 (tóng yóu) is a Chinese word meaning “tung oil, from the Japanese wood-oil tree Aleurites cordata, used in making lacquer”.

Meanings

  1. 1tung oil, from the Japanese wood-oil tree Aleurites cordata, used in making lacquer

Characters in 桐油

桐tóng · tree name (variously Paulownia, Firmiana or Aleurites)油yóu · oil

Related words

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