tallow tree
a small tree, Sapium sebiferum, of the spurge family, cultivated in China and the tropics, having popcorn-shaped seeds with a waxy coating that is used for soap, candles, and oil.
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The Chinese make their candles from the tallow obtained from the seeds and capsules of the tallow-tree.
Popular Technology, Vol. I (of 2) | Edward HazenSuch is the case with the natural order Euphorbiaceæ, or spurge family, to which the tallow-tree of China belongs.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 436 | VariousThe seeds of the "tallow tree" yield an oil (stillingia oil) having drying properties.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture | W. H. SimmonsAmong the exotics we observed the Australian gum-tree and the Chinese tallow-tree, large and thrifty in both instances.
Due West | Maturin Murray BallouOf equal value and more curious is the tallow-tree, which lights the whole of the empire.
The War Tiger | Wiliam Dalton
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