See Also: tung(dictionary)
Mao Tse-tung(dictionary)
Tung Wah Hospital(health)
tung (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Tung Shin Hospital(health)
Tung Wah Eastern Hospital(health)
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tung (iou)



tung noun. L19.
[Chinese tong (Wade-Giles t'ung).]
1. Each of three trees of the genus Aleurites, of the spurge family, A. fordii and A. montana, native to China, and A. montana, of Japan, cultivated for the oil from their seeds. Also tung tree. L19.
2. In full tung oil. A drying oil extracted from seeds of the tung tree and used in inks, paints, and varnishes. Also called wood-oil. E20.
Comb.: tung oil: see sense 2 above; tung tree: see sense 1 above; tung-yu [-ju:] [Chinese you oil] tung oil.