Varnish Tree Definition

noun

Any of a number of trees whose sap or juice can be made into a varnish or lacquer.

Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Aleurites moluccana
  • candlenut
  • Rhus verniciflua
  • Japanese varnish tree
  • Toxicodendron vernicifluum
  • Japanese sumac
  • Japanese lacquer tree
  • Chinese lacquer tree
  • lacquer tree