Candlenut

Synonyms for "candlenut" (15 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
aleurites moluccanabeige-tonedcandlenut kernel

Strong matches (5)

Noun(5 words)
candlenut oilcandlenut seedcandlenut treecandlenut-basedcandlenut-derived

Related words (7)

Noun(6 words)
kukui nutkukui oilkukui treelight brownpale beigevarnish tree

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

14 entries
angiospermous treecolor descriptorcolor termdescriptoredible oilflowering treenutoiloil-rich seedoilseedqualifierseedtreewoody plant

More specific

11 entries
candlenut beigecandlenut kernelcandlenut mealcandlenut oilcandlenut pastecandlenut treecooking oilkukui treenut brownnut oilpale beige

Collocations

8 entries
candlenut buttercandlenut flavorcandlenut kernelcandlenut oilcandlenut pastecandlenut treeedible candlenutkukui nut

Inflections

3 entries
candlenutsmore candlenutmost candlenut

Derivations

3 entries
candlenut oilcandlenut pastecandlenut tree

Translations

11 translations across 8 languages.

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Fijian

1 entries
  • tuitui noun (tree)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • kukui noun (tree)

Makasar

1 entries
  • sapiri noun (tree)

Malay

3 entries
  • buah keras noun (tree)
  • keminting noun (tree)
  • kemiri noun (tree)

Swahili

1 entries
  • mkaa noun (tree)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • lumbang noun (tree)

Tahitian

2 entries
  • tutui noun (tree)
  • tutuÊ»i noun (tree)

Tongan

1 entries
  • tuitui noun (tree)

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

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In both respects, as I have already pointed out, they differed from the Polynesians who brought with them to their island homes not only their language but their agriculture, from the cradle of their race in the Malay Archipelago; cuttings of seedless breadfruit and of sugarcane, fleshy roots of taro and yams; even trees, like the Indian almond and the candlenut.

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The scene under the candlenut torches was as familiar to us as the Ohio River of Uncle Tom to the small-town schoolboy; the meager rows of three-quarter naked Kanakas, yellow with saffron and blue with tattooer's ink; the old women in the background of sultry lights and enormous shadows compounding endless balls of popoi for the feast; the local and desceptered chieftain squatting on his hams and guarding the vanished gallon between his knees; this was all as it should have been.

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