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