"tallow tree" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tallow trees [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tallow tree (plural tallow trees)
  1. Triadica sebifera, a tree native to eastern Asia, with a waxy seed coating used in candle and soap manufacture.
    Sense id: en-tallow_tree-en-noun-FIMj2hI1
  2. Detarium microcarpum, an African tree with edible fruit
    Sense id: en-tallow_tree-en-noun-s3R6s~0r
  3. Various African trees in the section Garcinia sect. Allanblackia.
    Sense id: en-tallow_tree-en-noun-VS~-H6y0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Detarioideae subfamily plants, Garcinieae tribe plants, Spurges Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 3 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 3 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 3 87 Disambiguation of Detarioideae subfamily plants: 15 4 81 Disambiguation of Garcinieae tribe plants: 16 2 81 Disambiguation of Spurges: 5 5 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Japanese tallow tree (taxonomic: Neoshirakia japonica)

Inflected forms

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