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candlenut definition

candle·nut (-nut′)

noun

  1. the fruit of a tree (Aleurites moluccana) of the spurge family, growing in the Pacific Islands: the fruit is burned as a candle by indigenous peoples and processed commercially for its oil
  2. the tree

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