lacquer tree

lacquer tree

English

Noun

lacquer tree (plural lacquer trees)

  1. Any of three species of tree that is tapped in order to make lacquer from the sap.
    1. Toxicodendron vernicifluum, a tree found in China, Japan, and Korea, whose sap contains urushiol.
    2. Toxicondendron succedanea, a tree found in Taiwan and Vietnam, whose sap contains laccol.
    3. Gluta usitata, a tree found in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand, whose sap contains thitsiol.

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