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candlenut

can·dle·nut [ kánd'l nùt ] (plural can·dle·nuts)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. oil-producing nut: an oil-rich seed of a tropical tree that is sometimes threaded with a wick to serve as a candle in Asia and Polynesia

2. tropical tree: a tropical tree of the spurge family that bears candlenuts. Native to: Asia, Polynesia.  Latin name Aleurites moluccana.

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